Police Impersonators: What to do?
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- čas přidán 13. 09. 2024
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What about your last point? When you said get on your phone and call 911 if you think they're sus... couldn't they bang you with a ticket for using your mobile phone while driving if they turn out to be the real cops?
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if the car is not moving then that wont happen
You but he said call 911 while slowly driving so I am just wondering if they can hit you with a fine if they turn out to be the real police.
me it's when cops act irrational and surreal that make you think that they must be Impersonators
For the guy who built a "Railroad" I feel it would be quicker, cheaper, and easier to go to the police academy and become a real cop.
He had come issues with being a felon.
What I don't get is where did he get the money AND free time AND be a lunatic? How is it possible to be rich, stupid and crazy all at the same time?
Josh Derak Trust fund kid turned indolent adult with parents money?
Josh Derak
Hollywood.
It’s weird that this happened in the same city I live in. Now i want to drive past the house to see the railroad
There was a guy here a couple years ago who got busted for being a fake cop because he pulled over a unmarked sheriff's deputy..
I'm up in Las Vegas and there was a guy here that pulled over two state police investigators for allegedly speeding. Claimed that he was a volunteer firefighter and in the process of law enforcement training (he was neither). I dunno what it is with New Mexico and these a-holes, but they seem to be everywhere
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when i read this i almost choked on my cookie
XD that guy must of had a weird conversation
and thats when he realized he fucked up
I experienced this, though to the most minor degree. Over 10 yrs ago I worked @ my neigborhood 711 & everyday around 5am most of the cops in the area would stop in for coffee & something to eat. They were all in uniform so there was no problem w/that & it was 711's policy that the coffee was always FREE to officers on duty, though we had to charge them for whatever food they got. Everyday there was a guy who would stop in @ the same time in a police type uniform & while m co=worker rang him up I walked around the counter to scrutinize him as I "adjusted" some of the things on the shelf. As it turned out the patch on his sleeve said SECURITY ( he did wear a badge on his uniform) . So the next day when all the officers arrived so did the other guy, he got mad when I charged him for coffee & started yelling so I said in front of the officers " It's 711's policy to give coffee free to all police officers...are you a police officer?". The police took immediate notice waiting for his reply, he paid me, said something under his breath & walked out quickly. One of the officers floowed him out & spoke to him, when he returned he said I probably wouldnt see the security guy @ the store again & the other officers laughed. It was good having the policeas constant customers as the stores were getting robbed alot as this was during thecrack epidemic of the 90's. my appologiesfor anyone who had to read this whole novel of a story but we've had this happen quite a fewtimes out in long island as well as brooklyn & queens
Why doesn't anyone ever want to impersonate a firefighter
+Engine 5er you'd be surprised... I find guys all the time with FF plates, wearing FF shirts, and getting FF discounts at the local shop and Rob who have never dragged a hose or worked the bus in their whole life.
Im a welder in Alaska and i wear bunker gear all winter because its super warm, waterproof and fire resistant. I sometimes have to correct peoples assumptions about my proffesion when they see me on my lunch break. I even went so far as to stop by the fire house and explain that i wasnt intentionally "stealing their glory". They didn't care at all, other than being impressed with my discernment in gear selection. I get used stuff off ebay, but quality. Globe is best imo, the newer the better.
It can be done. Just get out of your fake car and drag a hose around.
Because the firefighters only rod you when your house is on fire!
Because people respect firefighters
"I don't know what company sells red and blue lights..." Amazon, Amazon sells them...
ebay too.
Thousands of companies. Reds and blues are easy to get, red and blues are a smidge harder.
eBay.. you can get a whelen lights,siren all those cool wig wag lights!!
We had a guy come around and do ride alongs as he was testing with us. Turned out he was stealing uniform parts and had one full patrol set, and parts of a SWAT setup. He had a stolen flat badge, which is odd shaped. As I recall, he had the stones to try to report as a new recruit. The badge gave him away, and when checked the badge # came up as retired. Thank God they're not always smart or lucky......
In Virginia, your incorporated railroad applies with any circuit court where it operates for permission to have railroad police. Once approved the president of the railroad has authority to appoint railroad police who have the same power and authority anywhere in the state as state police including issuing traffic tickets.
this is exactly why in my agencies admin manual, unmarked must not be used for routine patrol unless last resort, I.E more officers on duty than there are cars, and honestly at that point the supervisor would probably start pairing officers to one car... Non descript cars (cars excluding tauruses, crownvics which are the main fleet, and tahoes) are not allowed to be used for patrol PERIOD. No exceptions.
He could have become his own actual policeman if he had gone to the academy, pass the state test and then hired himself to his own police force lmao
Joe Vazquez dang your right
DS In conperasion to other countrys laws this is a joke.
DS Well, in germany for example your trained for 2 to 3 Years, have to pass an wrinten exam (Math,german,english,etc) and an physikle test were the majority fails.
After that you are placed under the eys of an expirienced policeman.
German police almost always works as a team of two.
DS Didnt you say US cops only get 6 months of training? They should get more than that.
I mean an hard jop calls for hard and long training.
DS yeah looked what that respect for authority led to 70 years ago
"Criminal justice... really needs to prevent this stuff from happening again or getting worse" this needs to be shouted from the rooftops.
What you're talking about at the end is pre crime trial. You cant just assume a criminal will repeat an offence again and thus try them as such. I've been arrested 1 time in my life for basically being stupid while drunk in public, and I've never drank since. Getting arrested for being drunk woke me up to the fact I had a drinking problem, and was enough to set me straight. Same with a lot of people who get picked up once
This is becoming a problem in central Texas, too, where I live. Since 2017 there have been several reported cases of a pick-up truck lighting people up late at night. The guys (sometimes there are more than one of them) who get out of the truck are usually wearing shorts or just very common clothes, like they're not even trying to be dress like cops. Once they were dressed in all black! What's more concerning though is they're always doing it very late at night, usually around midnight, and they always seem to target women, so people think they must be trying to rob people and possibly rape them. It's probably not just some assholes who like to lecture and browbeat people.
I've only heard one story of a police impersonator and what he did was in the truest sense extremely sad
what happened?
When I lived in Chicago, I was about 3 or 4 miles from the cook county criminal courts, and the county jail, so it wasnt uncommon to see suburban police driving around my neighborhood, lost, and trying to find the courthouse. And some of them would try to pull people over, go figure. Thinking that they had a cook county ticket book, they could ticket anyone in cook county, but then cant explain why they were ticketing in the city at court.
I think alot has to do with the lack of knowledge, I live in Boston MA and work security for a mall we drive the Ford Escape with a mini orange led light bar that is on all day long ( all the police departments run blue and white lights on their cruisers in my area) I had this lady in front of me at work one day pull over suddenly which people do all the time dropping off passengers and what not so i just waited a second before I went around her, as I did she exited her vehicle getting my attention and she proceeded to ask "do you want me? I thought you were trying to pull me over cause you're light was on" she wasn't elderly or anything middle aged woman with a child in the back and i was just stunned I explained to her " ma'am we keep this light on all day and you only ever pull over for blue and white lights" she giggled and got back in her vehicle I couldn't believe her a tiny little orange light bar where on earth has a police department just ran mini orange light bar I just don't understand where anyone would think to pull over for a orange light. Great video!
tvercetti1 Not entirely true. In Ontario amber lighting can be used for security and special constable services.
In Texas, Blue and White is allowed in security IF the lights are inside the vehicle. Recently just being approved, Blue and whites are seen as a bigger deterrent than Amber, white, green, etc.
Its common sense if you see a Crown Vic racing up behind you flashing amber/white, you should move to the side, as they could be with bail bonds, security, maybe even FD/EMS, etc.
tvercetti1 lol fun fact I work at the same mall where pall blart was filmed believe it or not lmao
The confusion lies in the fact that there are a variety of approved lighting for differing uses depending on the State.
For example, California only allows police to use a blue light and they must also have a forward facing steady red light and optional flashing red lights. Ambulances, fire trucks and licensed armored cars are allowed red lights. Amber lights are used for tow trucks, vehicles which stop on the side of a highway and (with highway patrol approval) private security. In California, a 'light bar' may only be forward of the rearmost portion of the driver headrest on a vehicle approved for red lights, meaning that security, tow trucks, etc must have the lights behind the cab or over the back seat.
In Nevada, red and blue lights are used on Nevada Dept of Transportation vehicles.
In Washington, some tow trucks have red lights.
It's basically impossible to impersonate an NZ police car because 1. We don't have undercover cops 2. If you look really close they have markings like on passports.
I dated someone who had a story of dating an older man who owned a police car, uniforms, belt, badges, and presented himself as a policeman. It turned into a horrific abuse story of being forced to watch a box of burning kittens and locked in a backroom for months before the guy got caught and dragged off to prison.
In the UK you can ask any officer for their ‘warrant card’ which is basically an ID card and A police Badge and if they don’t show it the advice is to run away
In my town, the sheriff department allows street crime to use unmarked chargers and they can wear jeans and a shirt of their choice. As long as you have your BCSO badge,and required gear you can patrol.
Great video! Winds me up when police get shifty about showing warrant cards (or the US equivalent though). Here in the UK, you literally cannot go on duty without your warrant card, because that card is physical proof you are a constable of the law in the UK. I got asked loads, especially when working undercover, and I was always happy to show my card. Even if it was a tense situation, it's pretty easy to hold a baton/spray in one hand and your card in the other (and feel like something out of Miami Vice!). I've been stopped a few times over the years by undercover cars, with officers wearing very obscure clothing, and it's SO unprofessional to not show your warrant card when asked.
That card is a mutual trust ticket (if you trust the validity of the card, and the police). I've personally got no issue with defending myself against a fake police officer, and could probably do so quite effectively, but smaller men and some women may feel extremely threatened by an officer who looks suspect, and won't show any form of ID. You DO have to prove you're a police officer: the uniform is clothing, not your actual power of arrest. Also helps when you mention you're ex-police, and within 30 seconds the officer is having a bit of banter, because he can pick up the cues that you were in the job. Things like not knowing your shoulder number, station, and callsign off by heart, instantly are a baaaaad sign. You don't hear any good officer radio "Uhhhh, ummm, errrrrr, Echo Hotel Two Six? Yeah, Two Six, back request"!
Great video. My A/Sgt. loves to tell the story about when he got pulled over in one of our marked scout cars by a local suburbs police. It was a rookie who didn't know about USPIS, made for a real embarrassing moment for that new guy lol. The whole calling 911 would work eventually, but if it's a federal agency they are getting stopped by it's gonna take some time for that to get cleared.
Great topic, great video, great beard. The railroad cop story...holy crap, lol. The tenacity!
Thank you I got pulled over by an a inpersonater when I was leaving work as a police station
My mom had a police impersonator tell her she had a warrant for her arrest(She has a perfect record) and she called 911 and they said it was fake and she drove away
Great video! Very interesting what people do to look like the police... it's almost like it would be easier to actually become a cop (but not really)
I just realize something. Where is ur coffee cup in this video?
Mistr Fusion He's probably impersonating Tommy!! 😂
+DS here this will make you both happier: czcams.com/video/Wzaix5QJV_o/video.html
Honestly, you're in a lot more danger from impersonators than the general public is, it's your credibility and authority they're undermining.
Good video, can you make a vid about explorers?
Trey ohhh hey trey my name is trey nice to meet you
Very good video. I once was stoped for impersonation I had a amber light in my back window (used only for storm chasing or helping some one broke down on the shoulder with a Tire or jump start) one day it was late and dark and I cam across a tree laying in the road. I stoped turned on my light and b4 I got out was assessing for power lines that may have been brought down with the tree. After I saw that there was no threat of electric shock I put my vest on and started to work on getting it removed. At that time cell phones wherent that accessible so I wasn't going to knock on some ones door that late at night 1am in the morning. Had a car pull up behind me and the oncoming lane was open directed them thru they just stayed there do I was like ok just stay there I'll be done in a few. I got it out of the way off the road and got back in my car drove 6 miles cowards my home then that car turned out to be one of my city's unmarked units. He with 5 other detectives started coming in boxed my car in and excessively with guns drawn pull me out of my car. Then they started searching through my car all they found was my 2way radio (hand held business band radio) my cb hand held cb and my amber light, chainsaw, traffic cones, cameras, storm chasing equipment and traffic vest that said skywarn they claimed I was the one pulling people over and I said with what a amber light mounted to the rear lol. They wrote me a summons for court and won. Long story short back then people didn't care for any thing any one with a flashing light or spot light was impersonating. All the lady saw was the spot light shining around and called the cops for she didn't know what was going on. I got out of that do to showing video of what happend since I had a police dash cam. B4 dash cams where cool for every one I was impersonating an officer because the red light on the front of camera. Just be careful what you do since then I have set my vehical up with Amber and clear lights just to show I am not a cop or trying to impersonate a fire police officer or anyone of authority. And it's legal for what I do now for the roadside rescue and stormchasing still. Thx for the video and fig I would share this with you.
I’m a security guard(for now) and I can attest to other guards doing things to look more like police. The company doesn’t really help either as they give us badges that look just like local police badges and say security officer. Our cars are crown Vic’s and Taurus’ with light bars on the roof, leds in the front and back windows. They are green and white though so at least there’s that.
+Bolt Terrakion we have companies around me who like to buy back patches that say "officer" or better yet "investigator" lol.
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My company is actually very good about keeping the most visible patches saying security. The only police term used is on our badge that says “security officer”. The cars look so much like police cars though that it practically stops traffic.
+Bolt Terrakion There's nothing wrong with looking professional. If a company wants to spend the money for nice cars good on 'em. But back patches with "fugitive unit" or "enforcement division" I think are going a bit off the deep end. Lol
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I couldnt agree more. There are legit police and then security guards. There is a very solid line as to what each can and cannot do. Police go through at least 6 months training. Know how much I did? A 30 minute online course. That says something about how under qualified security guards are for anything beyond keeping a watchful eye out. That’s literally all a security guard does. We are the human embodiment of a security camera.
In the UK, green is reserved for emergecy doctors.
That is the most sensible and proactive soloution I've heard to the problem of Police Impersonation.Really enjoy your channel sir, thanks for taking the time to educate the Gen.Pub.!
Wait so the tickets the railway police guy gave where did the money go? Like all the tickets were they paid to him?
He should have just dropped a cool 100 grand on C.O.P.S and P.O.S.T. and had a talk with Mcdonnell to get a legit one going. Organizations do that all the time; Schools, airports, railroads, parks... I have even seen neighborhoods, bridges(actual bridges..like the roads suspended in the air kind), tunnels, beaches, corporate buildings/industrial sites, even fire/ems departments all employing real state of California POST certified and licensed peace officers. I know of a department in my area where they only employ 14 officers including a chief, a lieutenant, three sergeants, and two FTOs...like wtf? This isn't rural Georgia where your population is you and your many cousin wives and husbands and their many cousins-wives and husbands. All you need is cash, an approval from the sheriff or governor in conjunction with POST, and a specified jurisdiction, and the general area where your ops will be taking place(there is a difference between the two).
Probably, normal tickets go to the city where the ticket was issued, but HE IS THE CITY soooo, I if someone is dumb enough to pay it, he probably gets the money.
He couldn’t issue tickets, contest it in court, what dumbass would walk straight into court for the hearing?
@@RealShipmate Georgia thinks you can go fuck yourself.
@@PalmettoNDN Georgia would be right to think so. I can and regularly do fuck myself.
technically he wasn't impersonating a police. He was doing official police work, someone tried to train hop on his railway!
Bounty hunters: I seen and heard some that they have power to charge their fugitives with resisting , Heard one tell a person who wasnt on the warrent he'd come back and arrest her , and also say they would search their car even though it wasnt on the bond . Bounty hunters running around all vested up kicking in doors with their guns pointed in the faces of the fugitives families with no restraint. Trying to look like cops but arent.
They're some who got shot by family's full of gun owners, they kicked in the wrong door, family who was all loading up for the gun range, with AR-15's. The faimly wasnt charged because the dumbass kicked the wrong doorway in. He go filled full of bullets, went thru his vest.
Fuckin Boba fett.
Thank you for outlining the many different ways ppl can impersonate law enforcement. I used to only be in the "no unmarked cars" camp. But in light of this new information, I now believe we need to shift to having no traffic enforcement whatsoever, unless someone is driving so recklessly that they're putiing others in harm, or unless police are merely directing traffic. No one should be put in a position of being harmed, terrorized or killed because they have a tail light out, etc. Let the real police snap a photo of the traffic infraction, have it logged by their dept, then mail it to the owner of the car (by license plate ID). The public and police would remain far more safe. Unmarked vehicles should only be used for undercover work, and ALL vehicles should have a front and back plate that marks the vehicle as law enforcement. I believe ppl are finally getting sick and tired of being fleeced by law enforcement anyway. Not using a blinker on a completely empty road can now rob you of $200.00 or more. Get a drunk driver off the road? Yes, of course. Rob the public for a faulty light or other bs? No, and it needs to stop.
I thought that impersonating a police officer was a felony, how could the courts take it as anything less?
Have you seen these "concealed carry weapons" badges? You can get them in almost any style imaginable online (check eBay), and they even sell them in a flash wallet at BassPro. I've seen guys with them and just shake my head; if you (civilian) have to draw your weapon in self defense, and have one of these on your belt, or a chain around your neck, it's not going to go well for you. And, having one of these badges on your person, how far away are you from being accused of impersonating a police officer?
The Yankee Marshal (no I'm not a fanboy I think he's a *&^^$) hates them as well, and only had one good reason to carry them: If someone sees the badge on your belt next to your gun, they are less likely to think you are a gangbanger trying to do stickups and so they won't call 911 saying "Man With a Gun"!
I have no idea who The Yankee Marshal is, will have to investigate that.
On the other hand, if someone notices it and know's that it's not a real police bade, the 911 call becomes "man with gun impersonating a police officer"
I hate those badges to be honest. Seems like somebody is just trying to be a lazy impersonator.
It would depend on the state. Courts don't make laws, the legislative branch does.
Yes I've seen them. Civilian is not an accurate term. Unless the LEOs are MPs, then they're civilians. Private citizen is an accurate term. As for simply having one, it's not illegal, nor should it be. It would be quite a stretch: you'd have to prove intent, and you'd have to demonstrate, most likely, some degree of harm. Both of which could be easily mitigated by the fact that: 1. the badge does not contain the word "police;" 2. there was no intent to commit a crime.
No, I don't use one, nor do I endorse them. Nevertheless, I'd be willing to see your point if you can demonstrate the harm such badges present.
I was a licensed security officer in FL and still have a couple of badges. One is somewhere in my house??? I keep an active shooter bag in my SUV. It's basically a well stocked med kit with some other things that could come in handy in a bad situation. I keep one of my old badges in that bag. The reason being, if god forbid there was an active shooter situation or something similar, it is hard for responding law enforcement to determine who are the good guys and who are the bad guys. Having a badge, any badge, even that CWP badge, that is visible from a distance decreases the chances of you being shot by mistake, at least long enough for you to tell the deputies you are not the active threat they're looking for.
While I don't do this myself I know a couple of people who wear the CWP badges when open carrying. They claim, and I believe them, that when the average citizen sees a badge next to their weapon they are far less likely to call 911. That may seem like it's no big deal, but every time someone calls in "Man with a gun" Deputies (more than 1)drive extremely fast putting themselves and the public in danger, then they arrive guns drawn with a heightened stress level, putting you and others in danger, all for something that is legal and could have been avoided if the call had never been made.
Wow! Love the stories. What a walk down memory lane. I remember all of these. I’ve actually told people the story about the railroad guy, and people laugh and say no way. I wonder what ever happened to him? He was running a few scams. Started a church for tax evasion would “hire” his friends as railroad police so they could carry concealed before Illinois had ccw. Btw. Just subscribed.
Great video! Thanks for having common sense.
Ditto!
Brandon Bumgardner haha I was getting mad It wouldn't come off
Thank you for this informative video.
Great video Tommy. Keep it up. Great video quality too
You can always call dispatch and ask if it is in fact a real officer pulling you over
How do you have time to do that?
It's easy to spot an UNMARKED car. There is a difference as unmarked you would be able to tell but you would NEVER be able to see an undercover car..
Easy to notice a real unmarked car in the UK. They still wear high-vis uniforms with radios sticking up near their face.
ALOT of people always get those confused...UNMARKED don’t have the police liveries and don’t have a light at on top, usually either inside the car, or outside on the sides...UNDERCOVER don’t have lights except for maybe one, and also a push bar.
Our state pd has unmarked cars (Tauruses and Explorers, with a Crown Vic here and there) and undercover cars. We were driving down the freeway, a red camaro passes, then a red impala. Guy in back calls it as an undercover, they moved the civilian antenna, or changed the exhaust or something minor like that. Impala lights up the camaro, turns out it was a drug sting. Most undercover cars are good disguises, but some details they just botch.
An armed security guard with R/B lights (he does funeral escort so can legally have them), tried pulling over an unmarked yellow mustang with 2 state troopers in it. He was arrested and booked for impersonation but the judge threw it away. It’s a crazy story.
Personally, selling a car at auction with lights is almost unheard of. Light systems are expensive.
Now, I ain't stopping for an unmarked police vehicle at night on Turnpike or Highway. Now, before I get verbally beat up I will tell you what I will do. First, maintain my speed, hopefully not speeding? Then I will call the, for instance, the Florida Highway Patrol via their *59 (probably got that wrong) but you get my point. I will ask 911 operator if there is a car where I am that is a real cop? Okay, I will also ask dispatcher if the guy is "real" to tell the cop my situation and hope I don't get shot!
I tell my wife not to stop if it late at night to do the same thing. Why? SOUTH FLORIDA is FULL of auctioned cruisers still with "cattle pusher" on the front end. Some are realitively new and in a state of great appearance!
Brandon Bumgardner I understand what you are saying. But, as of late, we have had an upswing people impersonating County Sheriffs and Local Police?
Thats basically what the police say to do though. If you are being pulled over and you suspect it is an impersonator, keep driving. Just slow down, find somewhere well lit with security cameras where you can pull over and call the dispatchers to confirm its an officer. If doing exactly that got him into more trouble, (especially if it was at night) it should have been an open and shut court case where he would have had whatever the officer tried to put on him reduced back to the original charge.
Here in Virginia, look at the license plate. It WILL say "official local government use only" or "official state government use only" if it's really an unmarked police cruiser
Actually in a lot of states, unmarked means unmarked, as in no gov/muni plate. I've seen many with regular civilian plates.
they even have registration come up as a fake civilian name
Thank you for instantly addressing the stupid plastic fin. As a CA resident hoping to vote with my feet it was very cathartic.
You upgrade your AV on this one?? Sounds and looks great!
That story of police officers going undercover & finding ways to take money from known criminals was crazy af. Luckily those incidents are rare though. Also with this video shows is how many great lengths people can through just to obtain/do certain things.
Can you do a video on police explorers?
QDoes ROBLOX FPIU's ? It was recently discovered that they let carbon monoxide into the cabin.
VR P what are you talking about?
He is talking about FPIUs. Im personally a Vic guy though. Run em' like sports, abuse em like pick ups.
Lol, he is talking about the volunteer program that some law enforcement agencies have for minors, guys.
yeee to bad they are not 4x4 , but a real PD crown has no governer thas a real purr
That is why have Google and intel tech, to identify facial recognition and apply and register the tech with local police departments.
Facial recognition is really good.
GREAT VIDEO!!! Thank you for posting!!!!!!!!
People need to realize if you are pulled over by an impersonator they are commiting a felony and it is your duty as a civilian to stop this felony in progress.
Well said, as always.
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ontario utilitac al vecinom one narandzaste.
+VR P ima i plavih koliko hoćeš..na Kupujem Prodajem čak i značke mogu da se kupe..u korumpiranom sistemu sve je moguće...
ontario utilitac Nisam znao. Ja na ulici nisam viđao.
In the UK it is completely legal to have an emergency vehicle unless you either:
Use it to impersonate a police officer
OR use it to skip traffic
About 40 years ago, my brother comes flying in his 68 Coronet. Pounded on my door wanting in he's a little frantic he thinks he picked up a police impersonator, that has been shaking people down for cash on the highway. So while we're sitting there and he's explaining this, a 1979 Dodge Diplomat maroon in color. Pulls up in my driveway sideways blocking the vehicles. And this guy wearing a Levi Jacket, Levi's and a black T-shirt. Gets out and start walking up into my parking area looking at the vehicles, so I step out and asking there's something I can do for you son. And he wants to know where the guy driving the Cornet is. And I asked him in just who in the fuck are you and what you doing in my yard this time of night? And he shows me a badge on his belt and his sidearm next to his badge using his cop like Maglite them Point them out. And I tell him a badge and a gun don't mean anything boy, you got some picture ID? He says he don't have to show it to me . Better yet you got a business card? No business card You got a name to go with that badge? What is your supervisor's name and what is their contact number? And he pointed to his gun in his badge again with his flashlight beam and told me that's all the authorization he needed. And I would be arrested for obstructing an officer if I didn't answer where the driver of the Cornet was. And he put his hand on his side arm as to intimidate me. And I explained to him son you better look over my left shoulder. You pull at sidearm on me and pointed at me without proving to me that you're actually a police officer and not just some asshole with the badge and a gun. See that gun barrel sticking out that window? That's my younger brother who's a crack shot, so he don't need to put a red dot in the middle of your forehead at this range. So he he is looking over the iron sights of my 6.5 Swedish Mauser, and at this range he can't miss putting one in the middle of your forehead. So show me some ID besides your badge and gun. And he told me that he was Lieutenant so and so and he didn't have to show me shit. And I was now under arrest for threatening a police officer with a firearm. And I told him you know what bitch you better get the fuck out of here and I started belly bumping him telling him get back in your fucking car. You're a God damn phony cop. Those aren't even police rims or hubcaps on that diplomat. There's no roll cage. No Shield. Unmarked cars in this area. Have a roll cage and shield. That Radio Shack scanner on the front seat isn't the police radio. And this whole time he's telling me I'm under arrest for assault on a police officer. And I yell back up at my double-wide Steve call the cops. and he yells back he already did when the asshole pulled up and they're on their way. And my little 5 foot 6 in 150 lbs long-haired long-bearded dressed in black leather from head to foot little biker ass, intimidated this 6-foot something guy back into his vehicle. And as he was starting to back out of my driveway the real cop showed up. And the fun began. My brother Steve put away the 6.5 and didn't come out of the house for nothing. I stood there with my hands on top of my head until they made sure that I wasn't the one that they had been called on. .And when they ran my name, of course the normal 6 cars police backup showed up. At damn near 60 years old and 100% disabled. They still send six cars of back up when they run my name. which I think is kind of flattering, that they're still at scared of my beat down broke down old ass. To still send six cars when they run my name . But I digress . . the guy in the Diplomat. Well first of all, he got it for impersonating a police officer, when he tried to lie his way out of it. And for caring unpermitted firearm. Driving a vehicle altered to resemble an emergency vehicle. I think that's how they put the blue light he put on his dashboard. Attempted assault with a deadly weapon. And the list went on because he pulled about 50 people over and shook them down for $20 cash each. I got a thank you, from the police officers. Seems they've been after the guy for a while. and I was the only one that would stand up to him. I told him he couldn't provide me i d, a business card, and he didn't know who his shift Lieutenant's name was. all he could do was point at his badge and his gun which is flashlight. you can't provide me with simple answers and prove you're a cop. And try to intimidate me with the gun in my own yard, is a good way to get dead. Is what I told them.
Yard Sale Dale , he was saying that NOW, at 60 and disabled, they still send six cars. He couldn’t have been disabled in the story from 40 years ago, cause he was confronting the impersonator. He was 20 years old in the story, and is 60 now.
You have a good point saying that stricter regulations won’t prevent every police impersonator, but you have to think, not every police impersonator, just like not every criminal in general, is willing to put in the hard work to commit a complex crime, if you make it more difficult to commit the crime, you will deter some people from committing those crimes, but you will never be able to prevent everyone from committing those crimes. Most police impersonators are not going to incorporate a railroad just to get a real police car for example.
Thanks for making great videos. I love your videos and I want to be a RCMP officer when I'm older.
Aiden Hobbs Canada, eh ?
Aiden Hobbs Sorry, thats kinda racist, but I had to do it.
Anonymous 101 I'm so sorry, but English isn't my native language. Can you please educate me, genius.
I should've said xenophobic.
wow anonymous 101 took that way too far.
In the part of Oregon where I live we have at least 1 state trooper that drives unmarked car (newer black Charger) that has California plates. Watch your speed on Interstate 5.
Thanks for your service.
Four, maybe five years ago in Henderson, NV I looked behind me to see a police black and white (well, blue and white in this case) with its red and blue lights flashin' away. I was stopped at the light going straight, and the police car pulled up beside me to turn left onto the highway.
There was an older gentleman, maybe in his late sixties, behind the wheel. He looked nice enough; a grandfatherly sort. Maybe a little oblivious or distracted. He clearly wasn't a cop, either. The car was marked with Henderson Police, had emergency lights on the top of the car and the front bumper, and it had the flood lights over the mirrors on the sides. Towards the back of the vehicle, on the side nearest the trunk, was a sticker: "NOT IN SERVICE". The driver had doubtless bought that car in an auction, and you could tell by looking at him he had NO IDEA the lights were on. He had flipped them on by mistake some time during his drive.
The light turned green, and the gentleman made his left turn. Immediately after he cleared the intersection, another police car, this time one driven by an officer, zoomed through after him. A cop had seen him, and was going in to pull him over.
I obviously don't know what happened to the guy, but he was clearly pulled over for having emergency lights running while being a civilian in a decommissioned police car. I'm worried he got into a lot of shit. It's not too difficult to imagine a judge saying that not realizing the emergency lights were going is not an excuse, or that the judge didn't believe it was a mistake and threw the book at him. I really hope the cop gave him a break and he didn't end up locking him up for impersonating an officer or some other felony just because he accidentally bumped a switch in his new car.
I guess I went off on a bit of a tangent, but this story does apply to the video. The driver in this case wasn't a bad guy, but he had bought a marked, fully functional police car, and the only thing that told the public it wasn't an "on duty" vehicle was the "NOT IN SERVICE" sticker. Someone could easily buy such a car at an auction, rip off the sticker, pick up a police uniform and handcuffs off of Amazon, and have the ability to pull over anyone they wanted and cart them off to God knows where.
9:32 Rob Dahm look alike lol
exactly what i was thinking
I work in Corrections, and I own two wonderful Crown Vics. Great for car shows. One is a complete replica of a Maryland State Police Crown Vic, as well as the MSP license plate. The other is a Gray Crown Vic with interior lights. Clearly, I’m not going to ruin my career and life by flipping the interior light switches on while driving on public roads. I mainly use it in the driveway when I need a quick giggle, and at car shows. For Maryland, it’s only illegal to have the lights equipped and be on the highway. Regular roads, it’s cool apparently. For the State Police car, that pretty much stays in the driveway, unless at a car show. When I take that one out, I place black magnets over the decals, and an “out of service” light bar cover on until I get there. As well as the normal license plate. The police don’t mind the cars. Some talked to me about them, and they like them. Sometimes, I’m in uniform driving home from the prison, and I’ll stop somewhere. Very very rarely will someone ask me to do police stuff. I immediately inform them I’m just a CO, and the car is personal and to call 911. Anyways, if you have the play money, you can definitely make a police car. Thankfully I’m not one to go overboard at all. I just love collecting Crown Vics. Hopefully more soon. Sometimes people will even speed past me, and all I do is laugh at the guy for having to balls to take a risk by speeding past a Vic, and I continue my day.
Is this actually a problem in the states? I know some have done it in Canada but it's not a thing here.
mUND33PS no, its not a thing. Its like those "stolen glory" videos where there is outrage that is perpetuated by the outrage itself. People must have done it but the vast majority of instances are fake or imagined for the purposes of having something to be self-righteously incensed over. Thank you for displaying some critical thinking and asking that question.
@@pstrap1311 It happens all the time.
Been talking to some friends out in Illinois…they've learned through me (full-time Motorola tech) that we really haves some differences. Generally unmarked cars in Texas won't get Exempt plates but just regular plates…some exceptions though. Also, some departments let their officers take their cruisers home (in order to keep presence up of marked vehicles) and it isn't uncommon to see an off-duty officer in a T-shirt, shorts and flip-flops first on scene of an accident just because he was there and is offering assistance until someone relieves him. Also, volunteers get full privileges for running code…
A simple solution to end 90% of this problem is to enact a nation wide ban on unmarked cars pulling over citizens. They should only be allowed to call a marked unit if required.
But the revenue loss will prevent this from ever happening. Got to keep them citations flowing.
calvin richmond just don't be stupid and you won't get pulled over, and if you do and you weren't doing anything and he tries to say you did something take it to court, problem solved
DS Exactly all of the police vehicles here have markings on the side but have dash and visor lights no roof lights. No way to see the police emblems on side of the car.
All right. I'm eleven minutes into this video. When do you get to the part about "What to do?".
So if a car is driving an unmarked vehicle he has to be wearing his uniform right
+Jeffrey Pizza No, only in some states and then only if he is doing traffic enforcement. It is perfectly legal to drive an unmarked car out of uniform. I do it quite regularly. In Illinois we can pull traffic in an unmarked and out of uniform. We don't prefer it, but it is perfectly legal.
I live down here in Mississippi so that it I think about it I have seen unmarked police cars I mean they look like a single mom car but you don't know who is driving the windows are tinted so dark. I have seen police officers in unmarked cars without uniforms. I know a few years ago they did not have that around where I live I'm glad to see the police department where I live is getting smarter.
Cars driving cars! Car-ception!
Hold up cars drive cars
free field training i am new to the channel and find it awesome. it is incredibly rare to find a youtuber who actually answers the questions the viewer has and in a respectful manner. thanks!
This is such an apt subject being that this fellow looks the spitting image of sheriff Lucas Hood
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Andrew Attard How about sedation Dentistry?
I disagree. Prevention can be a good thing when implemented properly. For instance, a local police department could have a phone app that people can use to get a picture of an officer, that is active on their roster, using their name or badge#. Someone pulls it up, sees the picture and can match it to the officer standing outside their car, and all is good.
How could you become a Officer on a Tact Team. ( Plain Clothes Non Detective Officers) It sounds like your in my General Area so idk if you know about them or not
Just treat them like any other cop. Pull over on the side of the road so that they have to stand in the middle of the damn street to talk to you, turn all your lights off, rev your engine as he walks up, jump in the back seat and say "he went that way."
In Canada this is barely an issue because no one is aloud to carry a gun
You don't need to carry a gun in order to impersonate a cop. No one is going to say, "show me your gun to prove you're a cop." Plus, they can just carry fake guns. Police impersonators don't go around shooting people.
It's barely a problem in the US either.
Ye I usually check there equipment to when I see a cop.
You're allowed to have guns in Canada. There's less gun deaths because our population is one tenth of The States, so less people to shoot each other.
+Melaninly Challenged
Which is probably also the reason there are less cases of police impersonations there.
Melaninly Challenged and we have less people carrying guns
Here in Arkansas you can get cars with lights still on them, ram bars, and the cages in the back, some logos aren't even all the way off on some of the cars.
Police impersonation exists wut
It's quite nice that it's probably almost impossible to be a police impersonator in my country.
Sum it up for you, Don't use your head.. just submit to your government... I have seen 4 unmarked police cars so far this summer with illegal tint... but its ok if they break the law... but not you.. submit tax slave
I was surprised to see no mention of whether the "officer" follows the law, or anything about situations where you don't have to do what the other person is telling you. I think the problem may be more that this massive level of obedience is triggered by something so easily faked.
You remind me of Onision
thanks for the info. you seem like a really god cop, hopefully you can make a difference
My name a jeff
This is such an overdose of common sense
I like that he brought up "safe" civil disobedience as a way to be sure of the other party.
My wife and I got pulled over by an impersonator, but it took a bit to figure it out. I called the real cops when i did. Sucks that he asked for my DL and I gave it to him. He came back gave it back, scolded about my driving and then drove off like a bat outa hell. That and the car was the give away. We also had a impersonator in a "unmarked car" pulling young girls over late at night and he was in the local news a lot but I didn't ever see a news story saying "he's been caught". Pretty upsetting since I have a daughter and grand daughter who don't really understand this stuff. Thanks for the vid, I'm going to have my daughter watch your videos maybe she'll learn some tips how to spot these creeps.
Impersonating the police should be as big a crime as impersonating a doctor.
man that camera is bomb afff! its so clear
9:50 Mike, do you lock the doors on your house? I think it's fairly safe to assume you do. By this logic I have to wonder why. Because it someone wants to get in your house, they will.. That doesn't mean you should make it easy for them.
"Hey Farva, whats that place you love to eat at again?"
Many years ago, I was cut off by a car with tinted windows, so I changed lanes, and went around them at the speed limit (they were doing 10 under) and then these dinky little red and blue come on on the dash, something I could make for $5 with parts from radio shack, so I pull over (it was a 5spd) so I sat with the car still running, in gear... it was kinda shady, I was ready to peel out of there, police HQ was 3 blocks away, no lights or stop signs. They had full uniforms with the full duty belt, they were real cops.. real dicks.. but cops. First thing out of the drivers mouth was "People get shot for driving like that in this neighbourhood"
A very interesting talk, thanks man. I could chat to you for hours :)
ps, just realised why I enjoyed it, apart from the excellent content, it´s because you didn´t ummm and ahhhh all the time like most tubers who do talk vids. Good job there.
In my city about a year ago a guy assaulted two women this way. The cops were probably too busy fear-mongering about the dispensaries opening up.
In places like California an unmarked police vehicle cannot pull you over for traffic violations. You can be pulled over for other things not related to traffic stops but you have the right to have a uniformed officer in a marked car show up to verify and confirm that indeed the unmarked unit is valid.
When youre on patrol, arent you dispatched to a certain district or something like that? When some guy - who's not supposed to do that- is pulling over cars there and you never hear about it on radio its quite suspicious, isnt it?
I dont know about other people. But if I even think about impersonating as an officer I would be so worried about getting cought. xD
FYI, in the state of california it is Legal to Drive a Retired Unmark Police Car that STILL has lights and sirens. You can drive it AS LONG as the lights and Sirens are not used at any point of time.
I'm a new subscriber and I really enjoy your videos!
you can buy fully equipped police cars from the auction complete with prisoner cage tuff book holder even radios sometimes and all the bells and whistles
dial 911 and explain you need the officer verified before you pull over, if it is a real cop the dispatcher will explain the delay to the officer
if its a fake cop you know to not stop
I remember seeing a Metra Police car in my city. I thought it was so cool when I was little.
I didn't know Bradley Cooper had a CZcams channel. Good to know.
In my state of Oregon, the police are allowed by state law to have "super unmarked vehicles". These vehicles have tinted windows, no markings, no spot light or push bumper, no antennas, and have NORMAL civilian license plates! The red/blue lights are hidden when not activated. And they use non traditional police vehicles, very hard to spot. But the officer is required to be in full police uniform and will produce department photo identification upon request
That EPD cop-lookalike stuff is why security guard uniforms are very regulated in Finland.
They must be easy to tell apart from police/military etc uniforms, only word allowed on the back is "SECURITY" (in Finnish ofc), chest can and must only have "security" in Finnish and Swedish.