This is why Police Departments need to do away with unmarked vehicles...

[HoneyBadger]

From WSLS-TV:

The Floyd Co. Sheriff's Dept. says there's about a dozen instances of a man impersonating a police officer. The man who is described as having a reddish skin tone and beard is pulling people over, asking for their driver's license, and then to search their cars.
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Video: http://www.wsls.com/video?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=9401497

 

[dirtguru]

I'll be in Floyd tonight, maybe he will pull me over. Like to have a little conversation with this wanna be law man.

 

[Bobw]

PD's in the past traded in their old cars to the dealer who would then re-sell them to the general public.Not unusual to see old police cars, without light bars etc and lettering, driven by yahoos.
It doesn't take a genius to rig the headlights back up in the wig-wag configuration either.

 

[StandOnIt]

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[Magnethead]

PD's in the past traded in their old cars to the dealer who would then re-sell them to the general public.Not unusual to see old police cars, without light bars etc and lettering, driven by yahoos.
It doesn't take a genius to rig the headlights back up in the wig-wag configuration either.

and many still have the bull bar and A pillar spotlight.

If there's no other reason to watch that video, I kinda like that female reporter

 

[HoneyBadger]

I'll be in Floyd tonight, maybe he will pull me over. Like to have a little conversation with this wanna be law man.

Give him hell. What would bring you to Floyd anyways?

 

[HoneyBadger]

Regardless, this stuff wouldn't be commonplace if police officers didn't use unmarked cars or (in some cases) allow off-duty patrol officers in personal vehicles to pull people over.

 

[Mopardh9]

Regardless, this stuff wouldn't be commonplace if police officers didn't use unmarked cars or (in some cases) allow off-duty patrol officers in personal vehicles to pull people over.

Sorry Andy ....have to totally disagree with this, it would hurt police forces everywhere if unmarked cars went to the wayside.

 

[dirtguru]

Give him hell. What would bring you to Floyd anyways?

I saw a lot of red faced men with beards there last night and they all looked suspicious LOL. I like to go here the music in the streets. Though last night they were only playing in the general store and Floyds Barber Shop. Guess it was too cold for them last night.

 

[Whizzer]

Floyd County is not the only place these things happen. In Wake and Johnston Counties, NC, a similar situation existed. A man came up behind cars, he stopped motorists on remote roads. Most people, seeing the flashing headlights and whirling dash mounted blue light pulled over without a second thought. In most cases it doesn't matter if the cars are former police vehicles or not as more often than not, law abiding people will obey w/o question. Police and sheriff departments tell motorists now not to stop but to motion to the officer to follow them to a well lighted area or call 911 as they drive and try to verify if the attempted stop is legitimate. Driving an unmarked car doesn't mean squat to someone who is stopped and can't tell an unmarked Dodge Challenger from a Willys Knight.

Maybe, the same guy who worked the Johnston and Wake County areas has moved on to Floyd County.