But it would be on his record. Enough of those and someone would notice. Never undermine the right thing to do.

Well it is possible that the cop was in front of OP and close enough to see her then decided to fall back in traffic to pull OP over and be a creep

It's not that hard to see people's faces through their windows when you're driving, especially if they're beside you. I agree with you though, he probably didn't pull her over just to flirt. He probably pulled her over for an infraction and saw she was pretty and decided to flirt with her. However, the way he did this was extremely unprofessional, he basically made receiving the ticket contingent on whether or not she accepted his advances and flirted back, which is just creepy, especially coming from someone in a position of authority. It is unacceptable and I would still fight the ticket in this case and report the officer.

soooo I'm totally standing by my YDI just bc OP could have easily avoided the ticket by doing some light flirting in return along with some sweet reason she doesn't want to get involved with anyone right now like may be bc she is focusing on her career or studies lol HOWEVER it is very clear he was abusing his power in the way of which he responded to her declination. so I would definitely agree with the majority vote here to fight the ticket and report the bastard even if all he gets is PTO. at least the incident would be on record. good luck OP - you must be a beautiful lady so Take away some good from this in knowing you can cause a cop to "not pay attention to the road" - maybe he should have put his name on the ticket?

You basically contradicted yourself with that whole paragraph. So it's the OP's fault because she didn't submit to his advances, but he's still in the wrong too and abusing his power. In this situation, you can't have both. The officer was in the wrong, plain and simple, as an authority, you get held to higher standards, and what the officer did was completely unacceptable and abuse of his position. You're on the job, act like it. No one is obligated to just accept and go along someone else's advances, no matter who they are, to say it's they're fault for rejecting someone is ludicrous. What you are doing is basically blaming the victim because she didn't appease him.

#27 thank you. your are absolutely right. as for my response - I don't alwAys think before I speak and this was one of those times. in the beginning of my comment I was allowing my active addiction behavior decide what to say based on what I would have done back in my drug days which is flirt back in hopes of not getting cited which is wrong. he was definitely out of line and needs to be punished accordingly. in no way do I believe she deserved it so IDK why I said that but I should have said it might have turned out differently had she flirted back. she has the freedom to think and act on her own behalf and should be respected.

Well, yeah of course it is. It's the same thing as distracted driving, basically.

He should be reported regardless. Cops should not flirt with citizens when they are on the job, i.e. in a position of authority over that person. Sorry if I misread your comment.

But who cares if he pulled her over for real or not? He shouldn't be flirting with her, PERIOD! I hear "If she did something wrong then she shouldn't complain" and it sounds like "If she didn't want to get raped she shouldn't have worn that skirt! Probably me reading waaaaaay too much into things, though.

No, he shouldn't have been flirting with her. But I hardly think you can compare getting a ticket for committing a traffic violation to getting raped for wearing a skirt.