Fake Cop Tries To Make Arrest In Front Of Real Cop

Harry V. Hackert allegedly pulled a pretty funny prank in Bensalem yesterday. Oh, wait, not pretty funny. You see, what he did was say he was a police officer, pull over someone at Knights and Street Road (like 10 seconds outside the city) and wave a loaded gun in the driver’s face!

Turns out, he wasn’t a cop. (If you hadn’t figured that out by now.) A real Bensalem police officer wins the right place award for being across the street with his video camera, according to the Bucks County Courier Times.

Although he had an unmarked car, the fake cop sure went to a lot of trouble, even making sure he was grieving for a real, recently-killed police officer.

Hackert made a genuine effort to look like a cop. Besides the lights and sirens, he had a fake badge that appeared to be issued by the Philadelphia Police Department. It even had a strip of black tape across it to look like the bands police stretch across their badges to signify the death of a police officer, police said.

‘Course, he wasn’t wearing any type of uniform and was just a private security guard. But, hey, who doesn’t want to pull over an annoying driver in front of you and wave around a gun every once in a while? At least most of us don’t act on that.

Update: And across the river, a plainclothes police officer was outside a bank during a robbery attempt! Be sure to read the comments: “Damn…if the perp had only showed a weapon…then the Lt would have been justified in ensuring another criminal no longer walks the streets…dammit…” I can’t imagine being excited somebody had been killed, but, you know, I’m not from Jersey I guess.

Man charged with impersonating a cop [Courier Times]