Do you keep your job a secret from strangers?

[BJJVad]

If I get the opportunity, I usually say I work in local government (True). If questioned further, I tell them I just push a lot of paper (unfortunately, very true). For some reason, no one wants to hear the wild stories of an assumed 9-5 paper pusher.

If I'm in my town , I usually tell them local govt, but inevitably, someone will recognize me and yell, "He's a cop!"

For some unknown reason, people tend to introduce me as nikerret, the cop. <not the preferred method.

[basher52]

I usually tell em I work for the phone company or one of several other entities I have ID for.

[Safety Steve]

I usually tell em I work for the phone company or one of several other entities I have ID for.

Would those be your ID's or ones you've confiscated? . Be Safe.

[Creeker]

Working as a P.I. for 2 years, I once told an inquisitive neighbor that I worked for UPS Quality Assurance as a UPS Inspector as I staked out an access road from 1/2 mile away from my target.

Think about it: Who checks up on the UPS man?

Its also not a Federal Offense to represent yourself as a UPS Inspector if you are not.

I also once told a Deputy Sheriff from a distant County that I was a subcontractor for the State DOT, doing a Traffic Count on an isolated intersection. I even had a prepared tally sheet to show him. After he advised the Complainant, I flagged him down and 'fessed up to the Workman's Comp case I was working. He told me that his complainant was concerned for a young woman who had recently been a victim of Domestic Violence, and I was parked beside her driveway. That damn subdivision was built on an old horse farm and there was absolutely nowhere to hide that wasn't obvious or I didn't stick out.

I also carried a hardhat and traffic cone around with me, which came in handy one day when a property owner thought I might be illegally dumping on his vacant land. I told him I was a subcontractor for the Cable company, waiting for the Bosses son to show up for work.

Needless to say, I had the prepared business cards to back them up. All of the phone numbers would lead you to a circuitous voice directory of these large and ponderous Organizations.

Overall, I have to say that I was a bit surprised at how easy it is to fool a lot of people.

Active LEO's might want to take note if they run into people claiming to be such as I.