Cop arrested for impersonating a cop
Andy11M Sends us a link to an odd story about Derek Saxton, a Chicago police officer despite the fact that he’d been arrested eight years ago for impersonating a police officer. Well, now he is a cop, for four years now, but, apparently, he’s equipped his personal vehicle with all of the bells and whistles of a police car and Skokie, Illinois police arrested him for impersonating a police officer.
Interim Chicago Police Supt. John Escalante launched an investigation last week to determine whether the 35-year-old officer violated state law and department policy by driving the car. The superintendent put him on desk duty on Friday and is considering stripping Saxton of his police powers during the investigation, said Anthony Guglielmi, a spokesman for the police department.
“This is a very serious allegation, a very serious investigation and we have many questions for the individuals involved,” Guglielmi said.
Saxton didn’t return a call seeking comment.
It seems to me that Chicago has bigger fish to fry.
Category: Dumbass Bullshit
Guy looks a few fries short of a happy meal
MORE than a few slices short of a full loaf!
Probably 13 cards short of a full deck too.
And the city of Chicago arms THIS guy…
Because Paul David Graf (Police Academy’s Tackleberry) is no longer with us.
so he was arrested for impersonating a cop then was hired to be one hmmm
is there something funny going on here ?????
Charges were dropped. He was arrested because his car looked like a car another impersonator was using… doesn’t say if Saxton was actually USING the flashy thingies. Odd lad, that Saxton. And obviously a slow learner.
roger on that Lol…
A while back, there was some 14-year-old kid who stole a CPD uniform and somehow got hold of a badge, went on patrol with another Chicago cop, and eventually got caught and was given a juvie break, because he was a minor. Fast forward and he’s no longer a minor, he’s old enough to be held responsible for adult misbehavior, and he’s caught impersonating a cop again at the age of 17. Got a sentence for it, too. Then a few months ago, he crops up in the news again, impersonating a cop and this time he gets thrown into the clink for it. Must have wanted to be a cop something fierce, but didn’t do it right.
And now here’s a real cop, driving around in what appears to be an unmarked car. And if he stopped someone for a traffic investigation, would he show his ID, which is now required?
These people are very worrisome.
Moroon!
He was on a mission. A mission from God.
(are we sure he isn’t a musician?)
“Don’t you blaspheme in here! Don’t you blaspheme in here!”
(breaks into spirited rendition of r-e-s-p-e-c-t)
Show the penguin some respect
Is it dark and are you wearing sunglasses?
Sorry, Ex-PH2…I can’t resist…
No, I didn’t. Honest… I ran out of gas. I… I had a flat tire. I didn’t have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn’t come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from out of town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake. A terrible flood. Locusts! IT WASN’T MY FAULT, I SWEAR TO GOD!
Aw, Jake honey…
It’s got a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch plant, it’s got cop tires, cop suspensions, cop shocks. It’s a model made before catalytic converters so it’ll run good on regular gas.
Also Ill have 4 fried chickens and a coke!
Chevy? Wonder how much cheese this dude can consume in one sitting.
Eating 7 pounds of block cheese in one sitting is easy when you have a black hole for a brain. Unfortunately, it’s spending its time trying to suck my face in, but nothing regarding my excessive food retention problem.
This is why we can’t have nice things….
I’m waiting for doctors who drive around impersonating doctors. That’s the one I’m waiting for.
MAYBE like some fat bald guy in a lab coat that eats a lot of cheese wearing a lab coat while impersonating a Proctologist?
Why you gotta bring me into this????
@Terrorologist, he was talking about me. I was celebrating the receipt of my phony doctorate degree from a non accredited institution.
Cheese,
Dennis (Denny) Howard Chevalier
Still, there is something very strange about this entire thing. Perhaps just one gigantic misunderstanding. Or a seriously disturbed individual who went out of his way to go play cop in a jurisdiction not his own. Maybe something else entirely.
Why would any cop want to drive a vehicle off duty that even remotely could be taken for a cop car? Strange.
I wonder why this didn’t set off red lights for the person doing his background check? I won’t call whoever it may have been an investigator, because it’s obvious he or she didn’t do any investigating.
I think I’ll go with “Or a seriously disturbed individual who went out of his way to go play cop in a jurisdiction not his own”, OWB. I think you nailed it.
That makes a bunch of sense. Let’s go ahead and arrest the police officers that patrol Chicago. That will make the streets as safe as taking the guns away from law-abiding citizens.
It is his first amendment right to impersonate a police officer. (See court decisions on stolen valor).
Chicago Police pshycological exam:
Examiner: So, what kind of privately owned vehicle would you drive off duty?
Candidate: Cops are on duty 24/7! I would be ready to respond any time, any where in my fully outfitted high performmance police intercepter. I am eye balling a sweet Dodge Charger, blacked out and I will install a gun locker in the trunk along side the road flares, fire extinguisher, first aid kit and emergency mylar blankets. What do you think?
Examiner: Next question, what kind of books do you read?
Canidate: All kinds of crime scene investgation stuff. Mostly serial killer related, it is important to know.
Examiner: What is your favorite TV show?
Canidate: Law and Order – SVU and Fargo.
Examiner: For Halloween, what kinds costumes do your kids wear?
Canidate: Police officers, of course. Some times guilty prisoners who are awaiting trial.
Examiner: Alrighty then, you seem to well rounded and socially adjusted … You have past the exam.