It would also design a distinctive jacket for plainclothes officers; conduct inspections before undercovers went into the field to make sure they had all their equipment; and make sure that their supervisors had had proper training.
"The passenger should not suspect that they have undergone any deliberate line of questioning," a Spot document instructs, contributing to the ACLU's conclusion that plainclothes Spot officers "conduct surveillance covertly".
He was shot four times by a police officer in plainclothes who was conducting a raid on a CD counterfeiting ring at Chelsea Mini-Storage.
Plainclothes narcotics detectives conducting a buy-and-bust operation had approached the man, whom the authorities said they were unable to identify, as he stood near the corner of Christopher Street and Seventh Avenue South around 5 35 a.m., the police said.
Armed police officers are still relatively unusual here, and most plainclothes and uniformed officers conduct routine business without weapons.
And yet, for as close as he was to the 50 shots that ignited protests about the conduct of plainclothes officers, his account was notable in the many things that he said he did not see because his eyes were covered, like how many officers were shooting and whether Mr. Bell tried to drive away, as many witnesses have said.
Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) was arrested in June at a Minnesota airport by a plainclothes police officer investigating lewd conduct complaints in a men's public restroom, according to an arrest report obtained by Roll Call Monday afternoon.
Other families say that even local Chinese news media were often blocked by plainclothes police officers from entering their homes to conduct interviews.
Officials said plainclothes police officers were on board buses and conducting weapons searches to prevent further killings.
Kian delos Santos, a 17-year-old student, had been at the center of protests and investigations into police conduct after CCTV footage from Aug. 16 captured plainclothes officers taking Santos from his home on the fringes of Manila.
Wary dealers conduct identity checks, as if they were members of a plainclothes police force.
