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I have been attempting to find a clear answer to this question in Pennsylvania. Do I have a right to refuse to provide identify to a police officer? Let me explain the circumstances. I work the 4-12 shift and on my way home I stop at a post office just to mail letters. The time is usually around 1:30AM. Mailing letters at a mailbox outside a post office at that time may seem usual but certainly not illegal. Since I am at the mailbox around the same time each night, police cars have been waitng for me. The police officer watches me and the officer drives by me back and forth until I get into my car and drive away. Sometimes a police car follows my car for awhile and then drives away. I refuse to stop mailing letters at 1:30AM. Do I have a right to refuse to identify myself to a police officer under these circumstances? I feel that since I am not doing anything illegal I have a right not to speak to a police officer. I plan to refuse to talk to him and certainly refuse consent to any searches. I am within my rights? I am especailly concerned about getting frisked alone with no witness to my refusal of consent to a search.

Anyone having an answer or a partial answer please contact my e-mail address, thank you.

Robert Placer