Real cop on his way to work gets pulled over by fake cop

We've seen this happen before. In the latest case, a 61-year-old man driving a Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor with red and yellow lights in the rear window was arrested. (Arizona Republic)

Comments

[billy bob]

The suprise P.D? hey moron suprise!

[Torgo]

The old man says "If ya cain't take the law into yer own hands, wut good is it?

[Mook]

B'deah b'deah, why no ossifer, I wasn't immertatin' a policeman... I just happened to have these lights in my car!

[RockyMtnMac]

Torgo
That comment belongs on the previous story posts....

[ARNOLD ZIFFEL]

We just had one of those toolbags impersonate a sheriff where I live. What's with these asshats? get a life already.

[Zimbabalouie]

In San Diego sometime ago (maybe twenty years or so) A San Diego Sheriff who was assigned a take it home patrol car had left for a weekend get away leaving the car and keys at his house. His then step-son (16) took the car one of his uniforms, and his weapon out for a joy ride.

When a San Diego Police patrol car drove up to talk to the "Sheriff" in a parking lot of a park at night junior took out step-dads revolver and blew away the patrolman before he could see that it was a kid.

Yep, there's no harm in playing cop. (This is in response to one of the comments posted withthe article)

[Mark]

"Surprise, Surprise, surprise!"

[Tank]

From one of the comments after the story: "I am so sick of seeing these cops in unmarked police cars speeding, doing illegal lane changes, making right turns without using the turn signal, and driving like they are above the law! I see it almost everyday. If I'm not mistaken you have the right to drive as fast as the police officer, as long as he does not have his lights and or siren on! If he finds it reasonable and prudent to drive faster than the speed limit due to the road conditions you have every right to do the same."

Sorry for the large cut-n-paste, but this guy's rant was filled with so much overwhelming STUPID, I couldn't bring myself to edit it down any further ....

[troschne]

Would this story fall under the heading of irony, or bad luck? I used to think I knew the difference, but that stupid Alanis Morrisette song got me all confused.

[MONKEY JERKm]

ANOTHER RECRUIT FOR THE IDIOT SQUAD

[pnwgal]

Wow, Tank...I wanna live where that guy lives. The land where you can drive as fast as a police officer and not get your ass pulled over.

"Would this story fall under the heading of irony, or bad luck?"

But ISN'T it ironic, tronschne? Don't you think?

[nellagain]

Trosche,
Rhetorically it falls into the class of "Situational Irony" when you have a serious fracture between intent and result. But some rhetoricians don't recognise situational irony as irony though.

Verbal irony is an intentional creation of incongruity; so situational irony isn't the same, since the incongruity is created in spite of intention rather than because of it.

But that said, the story isn't ironic, or bad luck. Its being an asshat and getting a suitable and happy cosmic dunking for it.

On that note, Heaven's 17 was tootling down I-95 the other day and were blessed to observe a VOLVO from MASS being pulled over by a cop. Made our day individually and severally.

[troschne]

nell, I was being sarcastic, but I do appreciate the tutorial, which I hope will enlighten some other posters, because I'm afraid that a whole generation don't know the difference, and I blame that stupid song.

I did chuckle at your Volvo story!

[twerp]

There is nothing more pointless than taking the law into your own hands during National Masterbation month. You need them both in case one gets tired.

[David]

When I was much younger I was at a party and a police car pulled into the driveway with lights flashing and siren blaring.

Turned out to be the local police chief's son looking to score, unfortunately for him everything worth scoring had great reflexes and took off out the back door.

[Anonymous]

I drive as fast as Border Patrol around here, or Customs Field Ops cars. As far as people acting above the law, the Border Patrol and Customs have everyone beat by a mile.

[cocomojo]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.....asshat........HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
what a funny word :)

[Kee]

Figured this would happen in Surprise. Can you hear the dueling banjos?

[troschne]

Doesn't Surprise me, at all, Kee.