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14-Year-Old Dresses Like a Cop, Gets an Assignment and Patrol Car

Posted by samzenpus on from the that-was-easy dept.

A 14-year-old who wanted to be a police officer put on a uniform, walked into a Chicago police station and managed to get an assignment -- patrolling in a squad car for five hours before he was detected, police said Sunday. Assistant Superintendent James Jackson said the mix-up was discovered only after the boy's patrol with an actual officer ended Saturday. Officers noticed his uniform lacked a star that is part of the regulation uniform. That's some fine police work there, Lou.

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  1. Clerks! by Hordeking · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This makes me think of that scene in Clerks where Randall just hands the kid a pack of smokes without even looking up.

    On a more serious note, I think this kid has potential, not as a cop, but as an intelligence agent.

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