In my experience, if someone is fishing for info, don't give them any bait.If the officer tells you to step out of the vehicle, I would advise following their directions.
If you haven't broken any laws, you shouldn't have to get out of the vehicle without them telling you why.
There is a huge difference between cooperating, and sacrificing your rights, and subsequently your "freedom" in certain instances.
I've been followed by a trooper and pulled over for a bogus "reason" when I was delivering a pizza by a bar at 130am. Trooper said I was being pulled over for the light on my plate being out (it wasn't). I was being cased and given a bogus reason to see if I was drunk. "What are you doing here this late?" Um, whatever the **** I want bc it's a free country. Thankfully, I knew he was fishing and he knew that I knew. I got a verbal warning
Any time you step out of your vehicle, you are being detained and you should know WHY you are being detained. Our city LEO like to post up near the strip of bars and pull people over. I've been pulled over several times for fishing expeditions, each and every time they were told to pound sand. I have one ticket, and that was for speeding in a park in the dead of winter 34 in a 20.
I really despise this type of "fishing", and IMO it borders on entrapment...though that defense would never fly if someone were guilty. If they are really worried about drunk driving...instead of waiting outside to pull people over, how about working as a taxi service? Sounds like the officers are bored and need something productive to do
I'm not cop bashing, just if they wanna go fishing they should go to a reservoir