Assignment task:
You are off duty touring a foreign city in an unofficial vehicle with local and U.S. colleagues when you are unexpectedly pulled over by police. Without identifying themselves as police conducting an arrest, two uniformed officers begin to harass and threaten your driver, a host nation national whom you trust, ordering him out of the vehicle and ordering you and the others to remain where you are. Your attempts to identify yourselves as U.S. officials are ignored. The driver is handcuffed and put in the back of the police truck. The officers get in the truck and are about to drive away. What should you do? Approach the police and demand identification and an explanation. Record and report the details. Memorize or jot down a description of the officers, their vehicle, and any insignia and/or marking. Report all details to your chain of command. Step in front of the police vehicle and inform the officers you are the driver's employer and a U.S. official. Report the incident to your chain of command. Take note of any insignia and follow the police to the precinct to demand documentation of reason for arrest. Send a copy to your chain of command.