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Thursday, August 28, 2008

Fake Cop; Real Equipment

In Lakewood, Washington, near Tacoma, police arrested a man apparently impersonating an undercover officer. They’ve been investigating him for about a month now after it was reported he’d walked into a sports bar looking for someone who’d parked in a handicap spot. He claimed that he was with a nearby police department.

When the police arrived at his home they found police equipment, guns His truck had been equipped to look like an undercover police vehicle complete with red-and-blue flashing police lights, sirens, K-9 stickers, a public address system and a police scanner. The police also found handcuffs, badges and a handgun.

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