Why when Washington County pulled him over did they need a broken tail light? Jayme had given a color and a name with regard to car and perp. Maybe they need a reason?
That does not surprise me so much, from what we know until they got to the scene of the murders, etc., they did not know cars they passed mattered or if they even had a crime I guess. But the lack of looking for that one pretty quickly does surprise me, as does never saying a word about it. It could have been the difference in saving her or not, and her number of days in captivity....
IMO it was to pacify him and lull him into a false sense of security. Pretending to pull him over for something other than kidnapping/murder was more likely to put him at ease. Consider the potential convo:
Police: put your hands in the air, you're under arrest for kidnapping Jayme Closs and the murder of...
JP (thinking, well, nothing left to lose): *grabs his gun and starts shooting*
OR
Police: Hey man, did you know you were missing a tail light?
JP (thinking he's dodged the bullet on this one and now feeling confident): Oh, sorry about that. Didn't realize it!
Police: Yeah, step out of the car and come back here to look...
Once JP is out of the vehicle and safely away from any weapons, LE is able to cuff him.
Neither one of those situations happened because, luckily, JP went kind of peacefully even when he suspected that he was being pulled over for Jayme's abduction. Still, LE didn't know it would go down that way.