A woman calls 911 on her car phone when she becomes suspicious that the police officer trying to pull her over is an imposter. This segment was taken from Episode 321 which aired on March 24, 1992 on CBS.
This was probably not his first time trying to pull over woman. Lynn was very excellent she did the right thing by dialing 911 to find out if this guy was an officer good job
It's funny to me that the other people kept talking about what a scary situation it was for her, meanwhile she was turning things around on the guy and hunting him down. What a badass. He picked the wrong person to mess with.
My mother was pulled over on a very dark street one night, she was doing the speed limit she said all her lights were working and she had no clue why he pulled her over. She noticed as the guy got closer he wasn’t dressed in uniform and the car he was driving had a light on top but was on an unmarked car so as he walked up to her car she just sped off. I just remember her running through the door into my fathers arms. They never caught the guy but my mother wasn’t the only person who reported him.
I agree thank god she’s ok. This is not the first time this crime has happened, a pair of Arizona State Troopers were almost pulled over by a fake cop on the 202 freeway, the troopers and the fake cop were driving cars similar to the cars in the movie bullitt from 1968 but the mustang driven by the troopers was a yellow 2016 mustang and was unmarked the charger involved was a black 2006 charger and also looked like it was unmarked but was decked out like that by Matthew Allen Disbro who was 44 at the time and he was in a security uniform armed with a handgun handcuffs and pepper spray at the time he was arrested, his vehicle was impounded for evidence on what he did wrong, another one was a man who was also on a freeway who drove a retired black 2008 crown vic police interceptor and he was arrested for being a wannabe cop, but a lot of criminals are out there pretending to be cops, my ex father is guilty of being a fake cop of the nypd and also a fake volunteer firefighter of the aviation volunteer fire department so he may end up being charged with pretending to be a cop and a firefighter if he gets convicted of impersonating a first responder
ShyAnn291 I once followed a motorcycle through our small town after I watched the passenger pull a handbag off of an elderly woman’s shoulder. Knocked her down in the parking lot. I was so outraged and since there were several people to help her I just started chasing them. They were so surprised! I finally ran over a curb behind them and they slipped under a tractor trailer that was parked. I screamed to the driver and we wrestled them down. It was great fun and I was a 45 year old woman at the time. My 70 year old mother was in the car with me and she was yelling “don’t let them get away”! What an experience. The bag was spread out over 3 different streets but they actually found everything. That poor woman was in her 80’s and had a broken shoulder! We visited her and she was just a precious little lady. We had our 15 minutes of fame and lived to tell about it. This was before cell phones, we just had to wing it. Scoundrels, 18 years old, went to jail for 2 years!
About 450 (give or take) of the 670 stories featured on the show are uploaded. That still leaves over 200 that are not uploaded, and I get requests for them all the time. In all honesty, I'm not expecting a DVD release, but I think the youtube videos have helped rather than hurt the chances of that happening. The videos have revived interest for people who had forgotten how much they enjoyed the show, and have also garnered interest among people who never saw it during its original run.
She was skeptical that an off-duty police officer in his personal vehicle would care enough pull her over for something that minor. Most cops aren't going to bother with stopping someone for going 7 mph over the speed limit, especially not when they are off-duty. Also, as the officer said at the end of the video, North Carolina state law requires police officers to activate their lights and siren to stop a vehicle, which the suspect did not do.
"Am I going to be in Trouble?" Lets see. You obtained a badge through unknown means, either by theft or foraging it, and tried to use it to pull a lady and possibly other people over to do who knows what to them (I believe people who do what he did could had done the same thing to get money, or attack people). I say you are in big trouble, mister,
Hannah Schaffer Police often travel in unarmed police cars but your suspicion is justifiable. They will not flash a badge & signal you to pull over. And a plainclothes officer will not be engaging in traffic enforcement.
We need more people to react like this woman! I would NOT pull over ever if someone flashed a badge at me, even undercover cops have sirens in their cars. Good call on her part.
Even then, it's a law that states selective enforcement (aka undercover) officers who are driving an unmarked cruiser can not conduct a traffic stop unless a uniformed officer is with them. Most times, however, such duties are nearly exclusive to marked units anyway.
Sad but true and Unfortunately anytime cops are called in Stockton (even if a crime was just commited) it takes them hours to show up if they show up at all
If you don't believe who they are "We'd much rather you go to an occupied location and let us follow you there." A lot of cops today would probably assume you were running if you did that. Sad.
I've always been told I it's dark go to a well lighted area. Had to do that once. Officer gave me lip about it. I explained my reason and finally understood. It was me and female friend and 2 of my kids. Sorry I'm gonna make sure we are safe. I once lived in a town were several women go raped by an imposter police officer. Not taking any changes.
and when they pull you over the visor will come down and LED light imbibed in the dashboard will come on and you will have a searchlight pointed in you window and you will hear a siren. That is the difference between an undercover cop and a fake.
A number of episodes have been uploaded, but there are still a lot that have not. Also, the videos that have been uploaded are inferior quality (mostly 280p with low volume), so I think fans of the show would still buy the DVD set to get the episodes that aren't available online and to get better quality copies of the ones that are. There are plenty of shows (like Unsolved Mysteries) that have gotten DVD releases and still air in syndication despite people uploading the episodes online.
I disagree. It makes people aware that there are fake cops out there, which many people might not think about. Someone who might have trusted a suspicious (supposed) cop before seeing this episode can learn from the caller's example to call and verify that a cop is real if they have reason to be suspicious.
@Alysa, To keep him within her sight so she could relay his whereabouts to the police and he could more quickly be apprehended, I'm guessing...You gotta keep in mind that a man pretending to be a cop would never have any good reason for stopping a woman on the road. It was probably flashing through her mind the kind of things he could've been planning to do to her or any other woman naive enough to open their doors to him, and she probably felt he should be grabbed by the cops, fast. Working on adrenaline, you know. She took a big risk, but it was a crucial one in the end.
It’s been 28 years since this happened. James Taylor, the singer grew up in Chapel Hill. That man got what he deserved for impersonating a cop. Thank goodness Lynn is safe. I wouldn’t like that to happen to me or anyone else.
This is something that really worried my dad as I got older. While never a police officer, he worked security for a time and quickly learned that women are vulnerable to impersonators. He made sure my mom and I knew what officers do if they pull us over, what the marks of a real officer are, and that it was okay to keep our doors locked and the window open only enough to listen and slip your license and registration to them but not slip their arms through. Police officers understand that a woman, especially if she's alone, is vulnerable so it's her right to be extra cautious and to check to ensure they're the real deal.
Word of advice I got from a friend who is a constable: No legit officer is going to be upset if you don't pull over right away if you feel unsafe doing so especially if you dont know if they are a real office or not, you can always call 911 to make sure and let them know that you will not pull over until you feel safe to do so, this is especially true if you are traveling alone at night. Just be aware.
Yup, I know Cat's Cradle, hehe. And that road is now known as Martin Luther King Jr. Drive (though at the time of that episode it was called Airport Road). It's so strange to see your own town in a Rescue 911 episode. Heh, I love this show and thanks so much for uploading all those videos. I've learned so much in the past month.
@ William Back Uh, William? In case you didn't notice, he was stalking *her*. The moment he flashed that fake badge, illegally impersonated an officer, and began trailing and pursuing her. Are you making satire?
This woman is a hero, WHY? Because if she didn't stop this guy, he could have used his fake badge to abduct children, women, anyone. Thank you from Australia.
Well, of course. It’s a reenactment and all suspects are innocent until proven guilty. That and if it was a real address, someone could sue for invasion of privacy.
33 years of passed since this happened. At the time I was nine years old and in third grade and my brother Andrew was 11 days away from his seventh birthday and we were living in Fountain Hills, Arizona. We were both at school that day attending McDowell Mountain Elementary School.
Is this guy insane??? Flashing a badge in a red Mustang??? Also, my family didn't even get a car with a phone if it were an emergency. But years later, we now have cell phones! :D
My roommate is from Chapel Hill. One time we went to a concert at Cat's Cradle, and afterwards we went down the road shown at the beginning and went by the police station.
In New York we have officers wandering around in plain clothing, making it all the more confusing when somebody stops you for sleeping in the subway...give it some time and some bastard like this guy will use the confusion to his advantage...
Not back then, it was the 1980s or early 90s and few people had carphones or cell phones. Talking on your cell while driving is a law on local and state levels so it varies where it's illegal or not. Plus this was an emergency you can phone in an emergency even where it's illegal.
the first dispatcher's first response was that of many officers, back in my day - giving priority to an unknown man over a frightened woman who has called the police. know that if a woman bothers to call the police,HER CONCERN SHOULD HAVE PRIORITY over trying to excuse ANY unknown guy as an undercover officer. His possibly being an undercover officer does not guarantee he's not a predator
That Officer is blessed that the suspect didn't put one in the back of his head when he was searching the suspects vehicle. I guess those were different times.
I think it's funny that they show the actual state license plate computer screen. In my state, and I believe according to NCIC and FBI CJIS policy, only certified system operators are allowed to see the screen (cannot be filmed, or in view of public within the building, etc). Of course this was 18 years ago.
