Man Posing as Police Officer Pulls Over Undercover Detective

Makes you wonder what else he has been doing???

Just do what we all did. Go and APPLY you cocky jerk. No LE for you buddy.

Another swan dive into the shallow end of the gene pool.

You should never try to work outside your level of incompetancy.

I am not familiar with Tenessee law concerning impersonation. However, I'm very familiar with Texas law concerning impersonation of a peace officer. This story, as told, would not invoke impersonation charges in Texas. Private Security, in Texas, for the most part works hand in hand with law enforcement. At least, the reputable companies do. Eitherway, there are always those in private security that will break laws, or over step their boundaries, but the same happens with LEO's in their profession too. So, don't be so quick to catagorize private security. I can tell you story after story of LEO's pushing their limits of authority, and crossing them. This is a case where it appears this security officer was "warning" the other driver that his speed was too fast. Citizens do this all the time. Perhaps, he was "trying" to pull over this vehicle. The fact is the vehicle did NOT pull over, thus the driver did NOT succumb to what would have been a pretended authority by this security officer. So, in Texas at least, there is no impersonation.

I can recall a few times, as a cop, that I ran across citizens using hand motions to slow vehicle down (especially in school zones). Yet, I didn't jump out of the car and try to "arrest" these guys for "impersonating a peace officer". This guy, to me, is no different. He just had the flashy strobe light to aid in his visual attempt of slowing someone down. Bad judgement call, but not criminal. Punish the security officer for bad judgement, but let live and learn. Just my two cents. An remember, I said I am NOT familiar with Tennessee impersonation laws, so these charges may be completely justified for simply wearing a cop-like-uniform. I don't know, but I do know A LOT of good security officers in Texas get a bad rap, just because the citizens (and cops) are not very educated as to what is legal and what is not within the scope of their jobs.

Hahaha brilliant, genius. Who in their right mind would want to impersonate an officer? It's dangerous.

OK... how about this... he wasnt trying to pull him over.... he was just trying to ummmm... pass him... yeah... pass him... and he used his light bar to ummmm.... let him know he was passing.... yeah... thats it. Thats why I'm a cop.... cause I suck as a defense attorney.... LOL

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