What constitutes police harassment?

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What constitutes police harassment?

I am a 22 year old female and got a DUI (I wasn’t driving the car); I was adjudicated guilty. It has been 4 months since I started probation. The arresting officer has been watching me outside of my job location when I get off work to see if I am going to drive a car (he knows what I drive). He’s also threatening my group of friends (he lives in the same neighborhood) saying that he’s “waiting for them to slip up”. Then he’ll throw them in jail or give them a ticket. I don’t know what to do. Doesn’t seem right. I live and work outside of city limits and he works for the city.

Asked on August 3, 2011 Florida

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MD, Member, California Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 12 years ago | Contributor

If you were found guilty of a DUI, you had to have either been driving or about to drive or you were witnessed getting into the vehicle to drive. The police officer doesn't seem like he has been violating any laws just yet...seems he is creepy but creepy does not equate to illegal. At this point, if you are concerned for your safety, either talk to your criminal defense counsel about talking to the internal affairs board for the police department and the prosecutor's office. If you really were not driving or about to drive and you should never have been arrested, you may simply wish to go to the attorney and see if this creepy act or serious of acts could make the prosecutor and police department see the ligt and somehow work with the court to get this reversed.


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