Short answer: Plainclothes police DO NOT have to respond truthfully to question, "Are you a cop?"...and they generally will not truthfully respond, After all, they've gone through all that effort to convince their prey otherwise.

This is a wildly pervasive fiction, and alot of people have suffered dire consequences from believing in this myth and beoing lulled into relating to a plainclothes cop as if he was the person impersonated (for example, a horny cruiser).

Again, police are not required to, and will not, respond truthfully to an inquiry as to their true identity. Help put an end to this destructive belief, and tell your friends.

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