What can be done? Knowledge of laws required. Any cops past or present care to help?

[Woz]

Alright, here's the story.

In the last two weeks I've lost a dozen supposed 'friends'. There's been a lot of talking behind peoples backs lately. A lot of people being very two-faced. Both towards me and towards others infront of me. It's been going on for a while and has just recently become quite nasty. I don't appreciate that sort of behaviour and had no trouble telling the whole lot of them how I felt about it all aswell as where they could all go.

Now, a lot of them have difficulty coming to terms with the fact that people might sometimes choose to disagree with them, let alone stand up to them. That's what I do. I call everything how I see it and don't bullsh1t anyone. I said I'd had enough of watching the way everyone was acting and commented on how I saw it all as a lot of people who lacked not only respect, but also balls. Most of them got fairly upset with that and decided to try and make me feel like the bad guy. That's another thing I don't believe real friends should do and so I told the lot of them to go get flipped (I haven't used that in so long! I love the creativity that's inspired by censoring! ).

One of the girls in the group can be as nasty, as y and as self centered as any of them and was one of the ones directing most of the shizen towards me. When I stood up to her, she tried throwing a lot of things in my face as she often does with everyone. When that didn't work in upsetting me, she ran to her father and badmouthed me to him. I then got abusive phone calls and messages from her telling me that her dad was looking for me and that I'd better look out. When I made the comment of "You know where I live, send him round" and let her know that I don't give a big red FiretrUCK what either of them thinks is going to happen, I got the comments about how her dad has mates that are cops and that he's going to get them to keep an eye out for me and my car, and that I'd also want to be careful where I left my treasured beast incase one of his less law-abiding friends found it.

That side of it doesn't bother me because I know some fairly nasty people, fairly REALLY nasty people. People who's names are known in large circles, good and bad, and a few of them owe me favours. If anything happens to my stock-as XB, I can beat it. His all leather and woodgrain interior, chrome 19" wheels, mint black Magna or Lancer (do they come in a four door?) or whatever it is may just find itself in a spot of bother.

I'm not going to mention it to any of those people until I have perfectly good reason to. Although I would love to see this girl and her dad watch their comments come back in their face, I worry about putting myself at risk by having anything to do with after-dark activities.

Infact, I wasn't too worried about any of it at first.

Until...

Yesterday I had a cop car pull up beside me at a set of lights, come to nearly a complete stop just behind me but in the right hand lane, and roll forward very slowly as he scanned my car. Only one cop in the car, but he payed a lot of attention to my car. He then looked at me, came to a stop at the white line, reach over to the passenger side/glovebox/console or wherever, grab a pen and paper and start writing something. Was it something completely irrelevant to my or my car? Was it to do with my not wearing a seatbelt? Was it something to do with some kid in a blue XB that's supposed to be getting around the area?

I tried to think nothing of it. It's just me being paranoid. Shut up, Woz, don't worry about it.

But then, sitting at the table eating steak for dinner tonight and what do I see roll up out the front? Another cop car. I live at the end of my street. My street which has four houses on it and never, EVER has cops drive down.

It turned into our street, pulled into the driveway across the road, backed out and sat for a second before spotting me watching through the front window. He started rolling forwards real slow, watching my house as he crept away. He also watched me take a photo of him with my phone.

This all seems a bit suss. I don't appreciate the extra attention just because someone has a personal issue with me.

I'm starting to think it's all possibly related. It might not be, but it seems suss.

Regardless of how much of it is just paranoia and sheer coincidence, I'm curious as to what I can do to have it stopped if it is all personal beef. And I know I shouldn't have anything to hide, but what 19 year old guy doesn't?

I'm waiting to be pulled up for a roadworthy inspection or a ticket for parking somewhere or something. Or, to have my windows and panels kicked in.

Is there anything that can be done if I do get pulled up by one of this guys mates just because he's been in their ear? Is there any way to prove that it's me being watched rather than just a case of me being in the wrong place at the wrong time?

And also, is there an argument in the fact that I'm being watched because daddy's little princess has had a whinge?

If anyone could offer any insight, it would be greatly appreciated. I don't know if there are any fine, upstanding enforcers of the law _ here on the forums, but I know of atleast one former cop, and I'm curious as to what may be an option as I don't really appreciate the extra attention.