14 Year old impersonates cop, patrols for hours

[Chevillac 5,000+ posts]

CHICAGO (AP) - A 14-year-old aspiring police officer donned a uniform, walked into a Chicago police station and managed to get an assignment _ patroling in a squad car for five hours before he was detected, police said Sunday.

The boy did not have a gun, never issued any tickets and didn't drive the squad car, Deputy Superintendent Daniel Dugan said.

Assistant Superintendent James Jackson said the ruse was discovered only after the boy's patrol with an actual officer ended Saturday. Officers noticed his uniform lacked a star that is part of the regulation uniform.

Police said they were investigating how the deception went undetected for so long in what they described as a serious security breach. Police said disciplinary steps are possible pending the outcome of the investigation.

Police didn't identify the boy because of his age. He has been charged as a juvenile with impersonating an officer.

Dugan said the boy looks older than 14 and was motivated by a desire to be an officer, not malice or "ill intent."

The boy once took part in a Chicago program for youth interested in policing, so he would have been familiar with some procedures, perhaps helping him blend in, police spokeswoman Monique Bond said.

Pretty crazy

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[IamDeMan 5,000+ posts]

LMAO!

Holy mother of incompetence batman. You may have found a whole building full of clueless officers.

 

[thegreatestpenn 5,000+ posts]

that's great.

 

[GearGuy2001 10+ year member]

lol just shows you how retarded other cops are

 

[MikeyB 5,000+ posts]

Hahahhha

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

That's CHI-town for ya...

nG

 

[Pop da Hatch 10+ year member]

Reminds me of Catch Me If You Can where leo impersonates a subsitute teacher. Incredible.

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

If only he would have arrested someone, or wrote a ticket.

 

[loopkiller 10+ year member]

If it is that easy for a 14 yr old to impersonate a cop, think about what a trained Al Qaeda agent could do. Amazing that our police dept are so easily compromised. No wonder people have such disdain for law enforcement these days.

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

lol......the stupidity runs deep

 

[Buck 5,000+ posts]

Wow that makes my respect this much less for officers.

 

[Twistid 5,000+ posts]

If it is that easy for a 14 yr old to impersonate a cop, think about what a trained Al Qaeda agent could do. Amazing that our police dept are so easily compromised. No wonder people have such disdain for law enforcement these days.

Manipulation and deception comes easy to some.

 

[intence 10+ year member]

wow im speechless

 

[gqjeff 10+ year member]

Wtf

 

[allout13 10+ year member]

thats something I would have liked to do as a 14yr old