Fake Officer Tries To Stop A Real One

[Marguerite]

Fake Officer Tries To Stop A Real One

Just thought to share this with everyone and see how far one will go to pretend to be a police officer.

Police: Fake officer tries to stop a real one
21-year-old convicted car thief allegedly had tricked out his Ford

OAKLAND, Calif. - Oakland police say a man impersonating a police officer tried to pull over a real undercover officer and was arrested.

Police say 21-year-old Antonio Fernandez Martinez of Oakland was arrested Wednesday in the Fruitvale district after trying to pull over an unmarked police vehicle. Martinez was driving a Ford Crown Victoria outfitted with flashing lights, a microphone and speakers.

Martinez, a convicted car thief, will have his felony probation revoked and could face a prison term.

The officer, Jim Beere, says Martinez probably thought he would be an easy mark to rob.

[Oniya]

This almost defines the word 'irony'.

[Caeli]

* Caeli snickers.

[Callie Del Noire]

Reminds me of the pair of burgulars who broke into the body shop they were in to rob the payroll safe and tried to cut it open with a arc welder.

Some people just shouldn't be allowed out unescorted by responsible adults.

[Oniya]

Oh - saw this one on World's Dumbest:

Two guys decide to rob a place after hours.  What they seem to have missed - 1) The business (a bail bondsman's office) has no cash after hours. 2) The business is staffed by an ex-cop.  And 3) the bail bond office is on a main street, a few doors down from the police station.