Got pulled over today on the bike. Wasn't breaking any laws. I saw the cop eyeball me as I passed him while he was parked. Sure enough he pulled out and started following, though he was 2 or 3 cars behind. He finally passes the cars behind me and flips on his lights immediately. He said he pulled me over because he ran the plates and they came back as the owner not having a motorcycle endorsement. (The bike is registered in my dad's name) After he confirmed I had an endorsement, ran my DL, he let me go. He asked me if I knew why he pulled me over. I said because plates came back to a 74 y/o w no endorsement, not a 44 y/o w an endorsement. I asked him why he ran the plates in the first place. He said "That's what I do. All day long. You'd be amazed at how much stuff we catch"
Before he pulled me over, he wasn't behind me until he was at the moment of flipping on the lights. So he had to have gotten my plate # in the brief second or so when I passed him as he was parked.
He was cool about my CHL, being armed, and wasn't one of the cops that have issues w armed citizens. In fact he was cool all together. This isn't a huge deal, it just struck me as odd and unwarranted. As a stop w no probable cause. Am I right? Or is running plates w no reason other than "just because" normal SOP?
"I miss America"