I am a lot more prone to trust the crooks than the cops. At least the crooks are honest about what they are but the cops are not. piene2""

I would imagine this is largely based on your personal experience, and my opinion is also based on my personal experience. LEO's are just people with a very risky & highly underpaid job. I don't think that they are Gods...although some LEO's have a God complex...I find those LEO's to be few and far between. I believe some are good, bad and ugly. My experience is my ex, LEO 20 years. I was in criminal defense. We joked that he arrested them and I tried to get them acquitted. We had to keep our credit absolutely clean, and be debt free mostly because of the agency he worked for....they didn't want to employ anyone that would have a need to be "on the take". I am sure a lot of LEA's do the same. I am sorry you've had negative experience with LEO's that brings you to trust crooks more than cops...trust me I had clients with a similar view.

WRAL - thanks for the heads up. I frequently drive through that area alone. Someone who is bold enough to rob people they stop using fake police lights is a risk to everyone. Very scary. I'm not going to stop for anyone in that area and I will immediately call 911. Hopefully the police can catch this dangerous whacko.

" I've seen this sort of crime and it's generally the impostor not actual law enforcement. I pray it's my scenario and not an LEO...very scary. workinghuman33"

I am a lot more prone to trust the crooks than the cops. At least the crooks are honest about what they are but the cops are not.

"The cops are such geniuses that they follow a set patrol route much like a city bus" piene2

Please go to google earth and look for yourself how large Harnett Co is. No way do they have a city bus like patrol route.

hat too is a possibility. either way I feel it is someone familiar enough with the cops routines to show up where they are not going to be.-piene2"

I agree with you on the suspect's familiarity of police, and locations...you could discern that with the correct scanner if you knew someone in LE and knew which channels they'd be reporting on that particular day or night. In my own personal experience I've seen this sort of crime and it's generally the impostor not actual law enforcement. I pray it's my scenario and not an LEO...very scary.

My wife knows unmarked car, slow down, flashers and next populated area, me, basically the same but if the car turned around, thats when the hunted becomes the hunter and dude now has a bad problem.....thats just me though.

Wanta be cop- limelight imposter - he will one day run into a real cop that is off duty or one that is in an unmarked vehicle and that will take him to prison for many many years or worse.

"Piene2" You may be correct that it's an off duty officer but I personally think I'd be more likely that it's someone who was rejected by some law enforcement agency. Some guy that has ridden along with officers, wants desperatly to be a cop, has scanner, all the gadgets & feels entitled to have his dream fulfilled...but I could be wrong. workinghuman33"

That too is a possibility. either way I feel it is someone familiar enough with the cops routines to show up where they are not going to be.

Even if he pulls someone over that has a gun, I'm not sure how you could defend yourself or get out of the situation. You wouldn't be crazy enough to pull a gun on the person before finding out he was a fake cop because you'd be afraid he was a real cop and would shoot you. By the time you figure it out, you probably cannot reach your firearm.

He keeps it up and he will pull over the wrong person and get a load of lead...

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