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Can a police officer pull you over in his personal vehicle?

I indeed faced just such a situation. I was driving home from a visit to my parents in western NY when just a short distance away from my home town, I was tailed by a car with no strobe lights, siren or official identification. The man (not in uniform) attempted to use his headlights and/or wave me over to stop. I have to admit I was spooked so I sped up. I would not let the man get in front of me. I was planning to drive to the police station in the next town over, but the car stopped following me about 2 miles outside of town.I forgot about it, until I got a call a day later from the ‘officer’. He claimed he had clocked me at over 90mph (probably true) and that he would send me the details, however if I was officially charged, the fine would be well over $500, however, if I would plead guilty to a reduced charge, and send $100 cash to a post office box, he would left me off. The whole thing was really sketchy, so I said ‘sure, send me the reduced charge and the address of the post office box and I will send the cash”. When he did, I made a copy of my tape of the telephone call, the ‘notice he sent with payment instructions’ and had my dad take it to the Justice of the Peace in the town from which the officer was from. Turns out that this was a routine the deputy had pulled numerous times before, as the officer had had several complaints laid against him in the past. He would tail out of state motorists, send them a ‘citation’ and extort money from them. Being out of state who wanted to drive back to fight the charges? I was the only one who had him on tape with the postmarked envelope, the hand written ‘citation’ and the post office box number. One of the benefits of growing up in a small town, was that the JP knew my dad and our family. He took the information, notified the State Police who investigated and in the end the officer was fired, prosecuted and plead guilty for multiple charges.My recommendation is if an officer attempts to pull you over in his personal vehicle he better be able to display his badge and be convincing. If you have the slightest doubt, wave to him so that he know you have seen him, and drive carefully to the nearest police station. Alternatively you could also keep your doors locked and windows up, ask to see his badge number and name (credentials), and call 911 and verify that he is indeed a legitimate police officer in his jurisdiction. re: JHS