greyhound tickets: I took 3 day greyhound bus from Florida to California. Once I got to San Jose, I was walking to the local bus station to take the bus home. I hadn't shaved in 3 days and had bags with me, so I probably looked homeless. I was standing with about 5 or 6 other people at the bus station, when a cop on a bike came up and asked me for ID. I said "Why" and he said I fit the description of a suspect he was looking for. He asked where I came from, I told him I just got off the greyhound from Florida. I then showed him my greyhound ticket with my name on it. He then asked where I was going and who I live with. I said I was going home and I live alone. Then he asked me what I do for work, and I said I work online and run websites. He then said "are they porn sites?", I said no. At this point it was embarrassing because I was standing with this group of people looking at him ask me all this stuff. We had about 5 minutes before the bus would get there, and he stood there and made sure I got on the bus after all of this, like I'm a kid or something (I'm 28). Was he just doing his job, or did he take it too far? Would you feel harassed in a situation like this?|||He was just doing his job. In many cases, the cops will take you down to the station in those circumstances. Edit: He was doing his job by investigating someone who looked like a suspect. He determined that you probably weren't the person he was looking for, and he made sure that you got on the bus so that no other cop would stop you for looking like that suspect.|||Do you normally take 3 day trips to turn around and ride back home?|||Not really since cops are allowed to talk to people. You can't claim harassment because your pestered by someone who is a cop on duty. Harassment would be if he searched you and your bags and detained you unreasonable.|||He was doing his job. Just forget about it and move on with your life. One incident does not constitute harassment.|||If you matched a suspect as he stated, it was appropriate for him to briefly detain you in order to determine whether you were the suspect. Absent verification of his suspicions he could not arrest you or take you to a police station. Once he had sufficient information to show you were not the suspect, and absent any other basis for believing you committed a crime (which was probably the situation once you showed him your ticket), further detention and questioning was improper. The "porn site" question was to my mind particularly out of line. Maybe he thought he was just joking around at that point, but it was still inappropriate. He had no basis for requiring you to get on the bus if you did not wish to do so.