Judge. Stephen Hrezo appeals his judgments and sentences for possession of cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia, which the trial court imposed after Mr. Hrezo pleadpd no contest, specifically reserving his right to appeal the denial of his motion to suppress the evidence. We reverse because the deputy sheriffs use of his emergency and takedown lights to check a legally parked car resulted in an unauthorized investigatory stop. On the evening of June 18, 1998, Mr. Hrezo was alone in his vehicle, parked at Lake Cannon Park in Winter Haven, a public park that has no posted hours of operation. At approximately 9 p.m., a Polk County sheriffs deputy parked his patrol car behind Mr. Hrezo’s vehicle. The deputy test Crim.App. Aug. 10, 2000) (<HOLDING>); Wallace v. Commonwealth, 32 Va.App. 497, 528
holding use of overhead lights was sufficient show of police authority that reasonable person would not feel free to leave holding flashing police lights convey message that car occupants not free to leave recognizing that emergency lights convey a signal that an officer approaching a car at night presents no threat to the occupant of the car holding that a police officer who approaches a parked car and questions its occupants has not shown sufficient authority to cause a reasonable person to believe that he or she is not free to leave holding that a detained defendants consent to search his car was voluntary even though the police did not tell him he was free to leave