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Practically speaking, if the Ambulance Staff were doing something responsible (ie not just stopping the Corsa because Corsa drivers annoy them), then I can't see the Cops having any great issue with it (other than to advise against on safety grounds).įurther to that, Ambulance Staff may not be issued with the kind of protective equipment and training the Cops have, so they would be advised against their action - stopping vehicles is one of the more dangerous things Cops do.Īnd just to add to the legal pudding - A Police Officer in uniform can stop another vehicle even if they are in their own private car, "off duty" (there is no such thing in law, Cops are always "on duty" for the purpose of legal powers), a Cop not in uniform has no power to stop another vehicle (hence the urban myth that they need to wear their hat - they don't, they just need to be wearing the right uniform, which could be black polo shirts for example).
The (again pretty unlikely) possible scenario where there would be a legal power, would be if a police Officer instructed the Ambulance Staff to stop the other car, in which case it would be a lawful stop. If what you saw was a member of Ambulance Staff making use of their Blue Lights to stop another vehicle, then the other driver had no requirement in law to stop (so would not commit any offence of failing to stop), the Ambulance Staff had no power in law to do it, so (in theory at least) could be prosecuted for impersonating a Police Officer (pretty unlikely I would have thought, but if you tried it, expect to get prosecuted.!).
The vehicle a Police Officer is driving makes no difference as to the legal power to stop another vehicle - any Police Officer in uniform has the power to stop another vehicle.
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