Fake officer decides makes mistake of stopping a real one...

[Bababoosky 24]

What an idiot....

Police: Driver arrested after he pulls over detective on LI

July 11, 2007, 8:30 AM EDT

BOHEMIA, N.Y. (AP) _ A driver posing as a police officer tried to pull off a bogus traffic stop, but he ran into trouble when the other motorist turned out to be a real off-duty detective, police said.

Robert Lane, 25, was to be arraigned Wednesday after being arrested on charges of criminal impersonation and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, Suffolk County police said.

Driving an SUV fitted out with flashing lights, Lane stopped the New York police detective on the Sunrise Highway on Tuesday afternoon, Suffolk police said. They said Lane told investigators the detective had cut him off.

The detective became suspicious after Lane drove up alongside him, identified himself as an officer and flashed a small police badge, Suffolk police said. The detective showed his own police ID, told Lane to pull over, followed him when he didn't and called authorities, according to police. The detective's name was not released.

No telephone number for Lane could be found at the Levittown address police gave for him, and police were unsure whether he had a lawyer.

Copyright 2007 Newsday Inc.

[Guest seanc]

wow he must have felt really stupid when the detective showed his badge

[Guest Photounit]

What a dumbA$$....... This was surely on Oberman tonight.....

[RescueKujo 130]

I think Homer Simpson would say it best..... "DOOOH!"

[DOC22 1]

Sounds like a typical case of cranial analitis to me!

[xfirefighter484x 234]

I think Homer Simpson would say it best..... "DOOOH!"

You beat me to it, but just to add.....

[RWC130 594]

"DOOOH!"

[PATROL224 0]

This was one traffic stop where the only professional courtesy shown was a free ride to JAIL!!!

[Oswegowind 17]

Of course this is not the first time this has occurred...remember the vollie in Rockland Cnty that stopped the off duty trooper...Just wonder what kind of badge this guy had...It is too easy for someone to buy red lights and siren and install it themselves...usually on the level installers won't do it without permission...but it is really simple to DIY...There should be paperwork required for purchase of the lights and siren!

[Guest paramedico987]

NO, THERE SHOULD NOT BE PAPERWORK REQUIRED TO BUY EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT!

The last thing we need is more regulation of anything! If someone wants to do this crap they'll find a way to do it anyway [eg get a yellow light and some red spraypaint]. The only thing that would be accomplished by doing something like that would be to cause everyone in all the emergency sectors a headache and waste MORE of our tax dollars.

[ems731 0]

NO, THERE SHOULD NOT BE PAPERWORK REQUIRED TO BUY EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT!

The last thing we need is more regulation of anything! If someone wants to do this crap they'll find a way to do it anyway [eg get a yellow light and some red spraypaint]. The only thing that would be accomplished by doing something like that would be to cause everyone in all the emergency sectors a headache and waste MORE of our tax dollars.

I agree, if someone wants it bad enough they will find a way to get it. There are so many places that you can go to get lights and sirens, and adding paperwork would not fix the problem. You can walk into an automotive parts store and you can buy strobes and dash lights.

[NYCOP 0]

Opp's.