It's one thing when you're a child pretending to be a police officer, but when you're an adult, it's just asking for trouble.

A Wisconsin Man Was Arrested For Impersonating A Police Officer

During high school, when my friends and I turned 16 to just start driving, none of us had our own cars. If we wanted to go somewhere, we had to borrow our parents' car. The dad of one of my buddies had a car that looked like an unmarked police car. It even had the spotlight. One night him and a couple of guys went out and flashed at vehicles to pull over. They got caught and were in a lot of trouble. Impersonating a police officer is no joke.

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According to We Are Green Bay...

A driver in western Wisconsin was arrested for allegedly impersonating a Chicago PD officer and trying to pull over another driver on Thursday.

 

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A man in Wisconsin thought it would be a good idea to pretend he was a police officer. His vehicle looked kind of like a cop car. It had flashing blue and white lights. The suspect even had a fake badge and a BB gun. He actually pulled a couple of drivers over. The victims figured out it was a scam, so they called the real police on him.

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The local police were able to catch up with the suspect. He denied the whole thing. While investigating the incidents, the officers discovered the fake badge and BB gun in the car. He was arrested. Hopefully, he learned a valuble lessons to leave playing cops and robbers to the kids.

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