Drunk Fake Cop Pulls Over Unmarked Police in New Zealand

A police impersonator in New Zealand did something you only expect to see in the movies by pulling over a real police officer in an unmarked car.

The trouble was only beginning when a man impersonating a police officer chose to play cop and pull over a real police officer. To be completely fair, the car that was pulled over was unmarked, but that is only the beginning of the trouble, especially since the police impersonator was also drunk at the time. Can you imagine the gossip back at the police station after an incident like this one?

Crime doesn’t pay and doubles when you are doubly dumb

A 38-year-old Auckland man learned the hard way that playing cop has consequences. Police say he flashed red and blue lights at an unmarked patrol car Saturday night, only to realize he’d targeted actual officers. When they caught up with him, he allegedly blew more than twice the legal alcohol limit. He now faces charges for impersonating a police officer and drunk driving. What started out as a fun, although illegal, prank, ended up with a lot more trouble than the man bargained for.

This Auckland crime ends without incident, thankfully

The drunk driving New Zealand man could have gone full bore while being a police impersonator, with weaponry and tactical gear, but thankfully, that wasn’t the case. While impersonating a police officer, the man was driving a station wagon, but had red and blue lights, which he flashed at the officers, signaling them to pull over. Once he realized that he was attempting to pull over actual police officers, he attempted to leave the scene, but the real officers were able to quickly apprehend the driver and arrested him without incident.

Traffic stop gone bad is more trouble than expected

A police impersonator in New Zealand faces an offense under the Policing Act 2008, which seems like it should have been common knowledge or put into law much sooner, but better late than never. Luckily, the drunk man was arrested quickly and without incident. Driving while intoxicated with more than twice the legal limit of alcohol in his system could have led to serious problems, including a fatal accident. With that in mind, it’s probably a good thing the man was trying to impersonate police officers, which helped lead to his arrest and the safety of him and everyone else involved, including other drivers on the road.

The police impersonator in New Zealand got off easy

Although the Auckland man will face charges, which could come with fines and jail time, he probably got off easy. Police impersonators in Texas knocked on the wrong door in August. They were attempting to gain access to a Texas home and were fatally shot by the residents in the home. The gunfire began with the impersonators, but residents returned fire, and the men were killed during the incident, despite wearing bulletproof vests. This is certainly a case of fake cops going wrong.

Posing as law enforcement brings the wrong kind of attention

In another case of police impersonation, a man was arrested in June by the Huntington Park Police Department for posing as a federal immigration agent. The man was in possession of an unlicensed handgun, which carries a set of penalties, but was also the subject of an outstanding bench warrant related to a DUI case. In this instance, it would have been better for the man to remain anonymous and out of sight instead of impersonating law enforcement, which got him arrested.

A repeat offender finally arrested

The police impersonator in New Zealand might not be a repeat offender, but a man in Orange County certainly is. This fake cop initiated a traffic stop, and the driver who was stopped asked him to show some identification. When this occurred, the fake cop got back in his vehicle and left, but the other driver called in a 911 alert with the plate number, and the fake cop was arrested. It turns out, he has a history of purchasing retired police vehicles with sirens and lights intact and impersonating officers.

The drunk man who was caught impersonating a police officer in New Zealand isn’t the first or only person to ever do so, but he is the most recent and was as unlucky as you get. Of course, how many people are going to believe that police officers are driving around in a station wagon? That is a dead giveaway on this one.