Heck, half of the cops I have seen are impersonating a cop.

The ego maniacs in government hate it when a worse ego maniac than them tries to steal the limelight.......

lol, I bet he's up for the STUPID of the YEAR award for this stunt.

did he pop his iodine pills?

did he pop his iodine pills?

He can put out an imaginary APB for some, and maybe for a jar of lube for where he's going. <lol>

The real story is being missed. This guy had a security badge from the company. He was trying to pull over a cop that was speeding and driving dangerously. Unfortunately the mistake was in trying to do the right thing: prevent another speeding cop related injury. Or is this just shotty reporting?

@S-480203

what in the hell are you talking about? he was impersonation a police officer.... I dont know what planet you are on, but there are "bad" people in this world that impersonates cops pulls people over and robs, kills, or rapes them....back in the late 90s early 2000s there was the blue light rapist, he played cop and pulled over women in rural areas of arkansas...

Hey S-480283,

Where did you get your facts? Nowhere in the article was there any mention of speeding and driving dangerously.

This guy had a security badge from the company.

Still not a cop.

He was trying to pull over a cop that was speeding and driving dangerously.

Really? Thats what your going with? "He told the detective he wasn’t trying to pull the car over, but he told investigators later that he thought the car was going too fast" First of all, what device do sercurity cops have that can accurately determine speed?Secondly, No where in this article does it say that the real cop was speeding and driving dangerously. Or was that just shotty reading on your part? He lied about being a cop, what makes you think he's not lying about his explanation?

Unfortunately the mistake was in trying to do the right thing: prevent another speeding cop related injury.

Fortunately this guy made a mistake because he was doing the wrong thing: breaking the law.

The only comment I have is "D'oh"!!!!! (with apologies to Homer J. Simpson)

ya can`t be too stupid to be a cop,,or chicken$#*t

sorry but the police force will accept people that no one else would. a guy at my work who got fired for falling asleep at his desk cause of taking so many prescription drugs(which were not prescribed to him) is now workng for the memphis police department. his dad being a former lieutenant for them might have had something to do with him getting on the force but how do you get past the fact that he had already been in rehab twice?

For what police get paid, I'm surprised that anyone with more than a fifth grade education will take the job. But then we don't want to pay taxes. We just want someone else to protect us at risk of their own lives.

Lol@duh101.

+1. My first thought too.

"Sir may I see some identification please?..... You're a COP?!?! D'oH!!"

if your 58 and losing your job as a security guard it probably isnt going to set back your life plans all that much.

Touche!!

when i was 22 my current girlfriend and i where talking to this 70+ year old woman. She was talking about how condemning of a society we live in. She told us a story of how she stole a cop car after he got out to go to the doughnut store and drove it a block a way and parked it. She said if you did it today it would be a one way ticket to jail and a huge fine back then you got your ass blistered.

Probably more than "ten minutes of indiscretion" - he's likely done this before. Fortunately it doesn't seem like he was trying to prey on lone women like has happened in other cases.

taxpaying american: You are right. People pretending they have educations, experiences, backgrounds, friendships and even kinships etc. Wonder what thats all about? Damn! Self esteem is built from within, but so is self degradation. Really a sad situation.

taxpaying american,---------You have to be talking about left liberal's?Their always trying to impersonate somebody!

What a dumb comment!

Funny, I was thinking about Sarah Palin and Michele Bachman. Morons disguised as idiots.

A$$clown may have had an intent of robbery, perhaps even kidnapping. They should probably look into missing persons / murders in the area just in case.

2057059...you're 100% right.

There are several stories that make the news every year about men who pose as cops to pull over a woman. That the creep pulled over a real detective probably saved a woman from being raped or worse, killed. Men like that are dangerous and are on a power trip. They're not just playing cops and robbers and it's NOT just done for kicks.

I've taught my son AND daughters to NEVER pull over for a police officer until they're in a well-lit parking lot with lots of people around or gas station. It might get them an extra fine if the cop wanted to press the issue but it's a small price to pay for their safety.

maybe he will tell the other prisoners he is an undercover cop. that should go over well.

or a sadistic guard will refer to him as officer every time he talks to him.

dropping the soap part! and lets hope it happens many times since he could've been using this as a ruse to attack women.

rofl, ONI

Yeah, it's hard to gauge where on the spectrum of weirdness this guy resides; his impersonation could have been something of a hobby; he also might've been attempting to shake people down, or to take advantage of women. All the police kit ( gun, handcuffs, badge ) suggests that the wannabe notion might be the most likely.

As scary as the part time clown that lives a few houses down, it sends shivers down our spine. Creepy dude in person............disturbing people out there.

I thought it was cocacola cowboy.

because the ones up north happen so much we ignore them. Ted Bundy sometimes posed as a cop. Where was he from?? where did most of his murders occur?? Up...NORTH

We had 1 in our town in S. GA he was a real bad 1 too. Raped a bunch of prostitutes, ripped off the drug dealers. They finally caught him, I think he had 30 something charges on him. He is still waiting for trial I believe.

If he ripped off drug dealers, he's probably hiding somewhere in a hole.

gourmet10,

if he's in prison, it's more likely someone is hiding something in HIS hole.

...that's an incredibly asinine statement...because we NEVER hear of any criminal activity from other parts of the country...

oops lmao

Why didn't you call the real police and report this guy's license plate before he could victimize someone else?

And by the way you are right about pulling over in a place that seems unsafe, it is perfectly legal to lead a (real) policeman who is pulling you over to a safe area, as long as you do so in a safe manner of course.

I agree I never stop either until I am in a safe place but I hope you called the Police and made a report.

You should have called 9-1-1 and reported someone was trying to pull you over. They can check to see if it's legitimate and possibly keep these people from vicitmizing someone else.

Myopinion is right--you should only stop in a safe area. Lead the cop there in a safe manner.

yes, but did you stop? would you stop on a dark highway for anybody? cause you didn't seem to make that very clear in the multiple times you mentioned it.

TDK

I was going to ask if you called the police for your fellow citizen, but I see it has already been asked. And the answer is? Is it all about you or what?

TDK

I am going to tell you, as a police officer myself, that you did indeed do the right thing. However, much like the other commenters I would encourage you the call 911 should it ever happen again. Not only can the dispatchers verify whether or not an officer is indeed trying to stop you, they can also dispatch an officer to you if it is an imposter.

TDK: I have three grown daughters and tell them to do exactly what you did. But I also agree with TX: Call 911. What if they did pull over the other car you mentioned?

In her comment, TDK stated that the car attempting to stop her gave up the chase and pursued another car. If indeed the individual in the car was a police officer, he would not have given up to pursue another car. This, for me, would have sealed my opinion that he was not legitimate. And I without a doubt would have alerted the authorities. I have to say that I personally view the comment with suspicion. It just sounds a little too strange to me. For the sake of whoever the other woman that was pursued may or may not have been, I hope it is a fabrication.

TDK22755

So I figure you let them go to do their dirty deeds? No license plate number? who knows what happen to the other woman.

While I agree with other posters that it would've been the right thing to do to call 911 while this was happening, I can completely understand being completely shaken and not thinking to get a tag number-- if it was even visible.

TDK, I too hope that the other car did not stop for them... and that she was able to get away...

He had a license plate on the car but it was dark and I could not see the numbers. That is why I did not report to 911. I knew the car looked like a police car but when he drove up beside me I could not tell exactly what kind of car it was. He then took off.

And no, it is not just about me. As a former ER nurse in a major trauma center I have had to deal with a lot of strange, nasty, dangerous people. And I have a very high sense of suspicion. I have jumped in to protect patients, visitors and others from assaults in my ED. I am not shy about standing up for what is right. But when you cannot see the license plate or give a clear ID of the car I am not sure what the police can do with the information. You have to understand that this is a long stretch of highway on interstate 5 heading north. It is extremely dark in that area and there are very few places to exit. In retrospect perhaps I should have just followed them to see what they were up to. I had my gun and a back up speed loader. As a 56 year old woman, with a gun, can I fight off three guys that are all at least twice my size? You tell me.

Wow...you must have read a more complete article than I did. I didn't see anything about the officer speeding in the very short article. What's your source?

SPEED TRAP My guess is that your one the idiots that like to talk sh** about police until you need one. The full article said this moron used the excuse that he thought the officer was going to fast, not likely that will hold up in court. I hope after he was arrested he took a little fall down the stairs on the way to his cell.

john, my guess is you're one of the people who actually think police help. they don't. they show up AFTER the crime has been committed and write a report. if it hadn't been a cop he pulled over that's what would have happened here too. cops commit just as many crimes through lying about what happened as they solve.

hatr hurtur

how do you expect the police to show up BEFORE a crime is committed?

kirby--I was about to ask the same question!

cops commit just as many crimes through lying about what happened as they solve

Statistics and source, please.

Incorrect Sir. Try that in this state and you can kiss your butt goodbye.... A few years ago we had the "blue light rapist".... google it.

News tried hard wha ? a wanna be cop ( security guard), flashes some strobe flasher thingy and pulls a car over. With a vehicle that resembles a cop car, and your suggesting they tried REALLY HARD to make this guy look guilty???....wow sounds like you have tried this little play cop thing or have put some thought into the legalese of it....he better get a good lawyer, and you should get rid of your paranoid attitude.

@Wack...what planet are you from mister? How about WHY he was trying to pull them over..?? What a citizens arrest? Its not surprising that so many women (and men) have aquired a carry license for their hand guns. As a wise man once said " I would rather be judged by 12 then carries by 6" ...

@Lidvig...when somene one beats you up for the change in your pocket try not to call the cops "bums" while there trying to help you get some justice. You sir are the bum...