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If that's the case, you have no base for a complaint.
Be happy that he gave you a warning. The fact that he told you he "could write you a ticket for it," is the officer giving you a verbal warning so you know what you did wrong. People don't usually like when they are told they are wrong. Hence...him "acting like a jerk." Due to your "knowing him," you were probably already prepared for more of a confrontational situation.
To be quite honest, I wouldn't be surprised if he wrote you for everything he could just because he had read on a forum that you wanted to complain on him....for a warning.
If you get pulled over by him again and this time he actually writes you a citation, remember this...he gave you a warning the first time. If you complain, he has both legs to stand on. "Yeah sarge...I stopped him for x and told him him to knock it off or he WOULD get a ticket. It's not my fault that I happened to run across him again and there he was....doing the same thing. Apparently, he took my warning with a grain of salt. So, yeah...I wrote him...and noticed some other violations too."
His sarge will back him up on it too.
I'm trying to remember the case....
Atwater vs City of Lago Vista
Long story short...an officer can arrest for a traffic infraction. In Texas, the only infractions we can not arrest on are open container and speeding. All others, we can arrest on. So, if he REALLY wanted to be a jerk, rather than give you a warning, he could arrest you. Just fyi...
So, obey the traffic law and you will be fine. If he begins a regular routine of following you, make note of it and obviously complain. IA will be able to figure all that out quickly....I already know how they'd figure it out.
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