ARE YOU KIDDING ME. Of course I would, they may be an undercover police officer.

Id head to a major area with lots of light activate my recorder and face the person watching me and wait. If I have a cell id call the non-emergency police number which I have on speed dial.

msharmony, your thought process surprises me. Not in a good way.

you do know a police officer must identify themself?

no reason an 'undercover' would need to question someone because that someone has no way of knowing they are a cop with a gun as opposed to someone about to try and rob them,,,,

No he does not, unless he has RAS for a terry stop and then actually stops you.

Your knowledge is lacking. He can observe, like anyone else indefinitely without identifying himself.

msharmony, take some time, think these posts through, do some research learn something.

Even if a cop DID have to ID himself the second he started watching you (which is ridiculous) that does not mean they WILL do that, and getting all violent and aggressive becuase someone is watching you stupid in the extreme. So is running . . .

Again take some time, read my posts, learn something. You stay calm, you stay collected, you start recording, you call non-emergency police you ID the person watching you and advise the police of your location.

If its a police officer, and the officer is on the radio they will know both of you are on the same street staring at each other and will advise the officer.

Also how do you really know the person is following you?
You dont, they may be heading the same direction, they may also be lost, they may think you look like someone they know. Also seeing a gun in a waist band is hard, ie unlikely unless the person shows you, which is called brandishing and illegal and considered a threat. In that case I get distance and prepare to draw if I saw them grab for it.

no. a police officer can ASK me whatever they want, but unless they have identified themself as a police officer, I have no OBLIGATION to answer them

so in the situation of an 'undercover' asking me why I was there, especially if I happened to see they had a weapon, staying calm is an option, but fight or flight is also a high probability

after all, if some crook were going to rob me or rape me or assault me, and wanted to intimidate me first by asking 'what are you doing here?'

......what is the chance that just answering him would decrease my risks?

what does anyone need that information for? what are they going to do with it when I answer them?

would it be anyones business, especially some unknown person with a gun in their belt?

I hope I never have anyone like you in my life, Id worry a lot.

Anyone at any time can stop and ask you questions. If you get all crazy and run or do anything which you are describing, YOUR the problem.

Anytime anyone in public stops me to ask a question I am calm, but ready. I observe there hands, and act like the friendliest person on the earth (which I have been described as! ; - )

lol, you seem to worry alot anyway

. . but your the one saying if someone stopped and asked you questions you would have a flight or fight response.

I really do not think you have a clue.

no, if someone got out their car , followed me, then APPROACHED me, with a gun in belt, asking what I was doing there

I would take it as a potential threat

kind of like 'what are you looking at' in certain contexts, the type of question that is inviting confrontation....

Watch their eyes also............