well, interesting that such a simple thing could draw such replies. the most sensible seems to be chroix's reply that it is a typical police tactic. let me say further - i was neither charged nor accused (after the initial stop) with any crime. my employer had no knowledge whatsoever of the allegation, nor could he help with any 'investigation' other than to verify that i work there. i believe the police had no right to inform him of the minor incident of which i am accused, but did so in order to embarrass me at work. they even told him they may come in and question me (which, of course, never happened, because i'm sure by now they've either found the actual culprit or dropped the case).
to the sarcastic reply which said 'and i often call their mommy and daddy too', perhaps you work in a real city, where police risk their lives every day, but these are typical small town police, who have nothing better to do with their time (apparently) than stop me with FOUR police cars, for allegedly illegally dumping. why four cars? why waste my time and theirs? why bother my boss? why threaten to question me at work?
i of course, have dropped the matter, but i believe it is plain by this point that the police acted improperly, though not illegally.
thank you everyone for your replies, i hope i'm never in more serious trouble than this!
