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Teen pleads not guilty to impersonating an officer
A summary of the story, a kid is being charged with impersonating a police officer. They realized he wasn’t a police officer-not because he was 14-not because his shirt was stuffed with magazines making it look like he had a bullet proof vest on, in fact, they didn’t realize he wasn’t a police officer until 5 hours later. Well, what happened in between that time? He “reported” for duty, was actually assigned a job with another officer to patrol, he never drove the car and he didn’t have a gun on him. I don’t know what scarier, that is a kid is that crafty-or the fact that the cops couldn’t tell that the FOURTEEN year old wasn’t a cop until 5 hours later.
They said the kid impersonating an officer was a “breach in security” I don’t know about you, but they couldn’t figure out the obvious, then there is no security. I can’t say I see the problem, the kid didn’t have a gun, didn’t drive the car, didn’t give out tickets or anything like that, if he could fool trained police for that long then police really need to up their training, because as far as I’m concerned this is just ridiculous. I think those police men really need to retrained, I mean he reported for duty! You think they’d check IDs or even have a list of names at least, I mean, if I walk into the police station with a uniform on and ask if I can patrol will they say, “Sure, of course you can! Here’s a buddy to drive you around in this awesome police car! Don’t forget to play with the lights and pull people over!” I can’t say I feel safe knowing that my life could end up in the hands of a 14 year old boy pretending to play cop, because if the real cops couldn’t tell the difference, why would I? An average citizen who doesn’t know the quirks/rules of being a cop. If he’s taking to long to reply he could be creating tension hoping for me to snap, or he could be making something up-why would I know? I’ve never been stopped and where I live you don’t see officers walking around, just their cars-for all I know they could have propeller hats as part of their uniform. Obviously that would be going to an extreme, but they only noticed after they realized he didn’t have a regulation star after the patrol, why didn’t they just check to make sure everyone at least had the star, how hard would it be to show a star? It didn’t matter then, it was like he wasn’t caught at all, he went did his, uh, job and then was going to go home, if no one noticed the star, he would’ve just performed the duties of an officer without actually being one, or even being of age. The average age for even joining the Police Academy is 21, that’s not being a police officer, that’s just getting the training done. He wasn’t even 18! He wasn’t even a legal adult, he can’t even get a vaccine without his parents permission! How do you mistake a 14 year old with someone over 20? I’ve heard of people looking older than they are, but that’s just ridiculous, no one could make a 7 year mistake-especially during those years when people develop the most, and I doubt his voice dropped, that should’ve been the first clue, I know not every boy’s voice drops at the same level but they sound like girls, they really do, unless he’s smoking all the time, I only say that because all the damage it does to your lungs gives the effect that your voice is deeper, I find it ironic considering what’s really happening to the lungs. Does a 14 year old boy who has all these dreams of becoming a police officer even have the ability to realize what he did was wrong? I don’t think so, he really wanted to be one, so as I see it, he took the initiative to get some training in, I didn’t realize there was a Police Academy until one of my step-siblings started talking about it, I knew there was training and what-not, but the kid probably didn’t know. He probably looks at what he did as a way to get in, being able to say, “Yes, I’ve been on a patrol before, I know what you do and what it looks like”.What I’m not sure is the “he hit me” claim from his mother, if her kid ran away and she filed a charge, chances are he would’ve been arrested on the spot, since he was charged for something I suppose or would have to face the claim against a judge or something like that. This would allow her to get her son back, since although it’s a bad charge, it’s not something like “he took a knife out on me” or anything like that, also the person he was staying with claimed that the kid wasn’t violent and actually well behaved. Also, neither of his parents showed up for the court date, and it seems his mother is a trigger for problems, there’s probably something up with the parents. I’d check up on them because locking the boy up or anything, and really! Do something about those cops!
Anyway, I just left a brief comment at the article
“I know the kid was in the wrong, but really? Did it REALLY take THAT long to realize a 14 year old wasn’t a cop? As far of the “This is a breach of security” that’s the police’s fault, they should be able to tell who is a cop and who isn’t, I mean, how are we to feel safe knowing there are minors running around pretending that they’re cops, how can we tell if the cops don’t tell? There should be standard ID checks, it’s not like he was just walking around, he was ASSIGNED with another officer! Forget the kid, make tighter security for cops!”
You should really check this post out, it’s hilarious, it’s about peoples reactions to realizing you don’t eat what most people see as common (such as pizza,, etc.) it’s really funny
http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/26/you-are-what-you-eatwhich-is-why-im-normal-and-youre-a-freak/
And the parody of the Snuggie, I thought it was awesome
http://mikearney01.wordpress.com/2009/01/26/the-snuggie/
Oh and for those who think Hilary Clinton looks scary, and for those who don’t think she looks scary:
http://mikearney01.wordpress.com/2009/01/25/hillary-clintons-greatest-hits/
Where your friends actually met: It’s just a comic, but I thought it was pretty funny
http://thedailyuplift.com/2009/01/24/where-your-friends-actually-met/
Aretha hats inspire: I didn’t actually notice her hat, but when I looked at it, it was like whoa! what’s on your head! It looked like she ran off with a christmas tree ornament!
http://stylenews.peoplestylewatch.com/2009/01/26/aretha-franklins-inauguration-hat-inspires-a-line-of-toppers/
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