The cop might have been going for intimidating, but there are a number of ways he could have had access to her middle name without abusing power: - In my count

The cop might have been going for intimidating, but there are a number of ways he could have had access to her middle name without abusing power: - In my county (and every other county I've looked into in the US) real estate transactions and deed recordings are public record, available online, and sometimes include the purchaser's middle name. - If it's a gated community, it almost certainly has a HOA, which would have an application/notification process (probably including ID info, potentially including a background/credit check) to feed information to the HOA board (which cops, being local government-oriented people, might be inclined to be involved with).