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Watch a 12-Year-Old Totally Bust a Cop for Illegal Parking

Donald Deane — Tue, 07 May 2013 13:51:57 +0000

At one point or another, we've all witnessed cops ignoring parking rules, but a 12-year-old boy named Jeremy Drew actually decided to do something about it. And, he got it all on tape. Way to go kid! Maybe there's a future for you in internal affairs.

Man Pays Driving Ticket With Origami Pigs

Emerald Catron — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 17:08:42 +0000

This probably tops the list of passive aggressive ways to pay for a ticket. A disgruntled man who got busted by a red light camera took the time to fold 137 one dollar bills into origami pigs (get it? Cops = pigs?) and stuffed them into a couple of Dunkin Donuts boxes. His plan didn’t [...]

Yorkshire Puppy Leads Police on a Highway Chase

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 19:02:37 +0000

This little Yorkshire terrier jumped out the window of his owner’s car, after it was involved in a minor traffic accident. If that weren’t bad enough, the pup started running loose on a busy highway. The police were eventually able to corral the pup, but not before his elusiveness made for quite the keystone cops routine. [via Asylum [...]

Nigerian Cop Gets His Groove on While Directing Traffic [VIDEO]

Donald Deane — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:35:12 +0000

Nigeria is home to a traffic cop who doesn’t just use hand signals and a whistle to control cars. No, no. He regularly busts out spectacular dance moves while managing the flow of traffic. Imagine if you loved your job this much. The policeman often dances to imaginary music while working the busiest intersection in [...]

Florida State Trooper Busts Miami Officer for Speeding 120 MPH

Paul Ciampanelli — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:41:44 +0000

A Florida state trooper proved that cops aren’t above the law when she pulled over and arrested Miami officer Fausto López after catching him weaving in and out of traffic at 120 miles per hour. Lopez’s defense? He was late for work at a second job doing private security. Anyone who’s had to pull over for [...]

Oops! Embarrassed SWAT Team Has Their Guns Stolen

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:26:02 +0000

Well, this is humiliating. Thieves using bolt cutters were able to force their way into a supposedly secure building earlier Thursday morning and steal 21 MP-5 submachine guns and 12 large caliber handgun from the Los Angeles police department’s prestigious SWAT unit. While the stolen weapons had been modified to shoot blanks, a five-minute tutorial video on [...]

Man Tries Faking Police Brutality to Get Out of Speeding Ticket [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 17:10:43 +0000

An Eastern European man thought he had come up with a novel way getting out of a speeding ticket: As he was being written up, he let himself into the back of the cop car and informed the officer he was going to beat the ticket because of police brutality.

Then the schemer proceed to beat himself up with a series of vicious punches to the jaw.

Cop's Amazing Somersault Escape From Car Crash Caught on Camera [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:57:53 +0000

If this footage of a Belarusian cop’s Houdini-like escape from his hurtling van was in a movie, it would surely be deemed “unrealistic.” But you know what they say about truth and fiction, so here it is below, in all of its for-real glory. [via Asylum UK]

Drunk Driver Stops in Middle of Police Chase to Pee [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 19:27:43 +0000

Estevan Tapia was leading police on a 10-mile car chase when he was overcome with the urge to relieve himself. So the Albuquerque, NM., man pulled over and indulged himself on the pavement — all the while with a beer bottle in hand. The police understandably thought this meant he was surrendering, but were reluctant to approach Tapia immediately because they weren’t quite [...]

Snooki Crashes Into a Police Car on 'Jersey Shore' [VIDEO]

Donald Deane — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:05:21 +0000

After being teased with Snooki's car crash for what seems like an eternity, viewers finally got to witness the fender bender with a police car in all its glory on 'Jersey Shore' last night.

NYPD Cops Dirty Dance With Revelers at West Indian Day Parade [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:52:29 +0000

A video showing two uniformed NYPD officers grinding against scantily-clad woman during last weekend’s West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn has sparked an investigation. The dancers had approached the officers, butt-first, and the crowd seems to be encouraging the men in blue to get down. However, NYPD brass saw something other than just good community [...]

Dancing Policeman Becomes Accidental Star of Notting Hill Carnival [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 14:53:03 +0000

A policeman working the Notting Hill Carnival in England took community relations to a whole new level when he joined in with the revelers and showed off dance moves so choice that many of the carnival-goers stopped what they were doing to watch the cop get down. The dancing policeman, who has yet to be identified by name, now [...]

Stolen Police Car Joyride Captured on Dashboard Camera [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 19:40:49 +0000

When police pulled over Arthur Lee Thompson, he immediately denied doing anything wrong. But he sure was about to. The 38-year-old Summerville, South Carolina man begin to fight with the officer, and in the confusion, Thompson managed to jump into the cop's unoccupied cruiser, and take it on a terrifying 100 mph-plus joyride right down the middle of a busy two-lane road.

And the whole incident? Captured on a security camera mounted in the dashboard.

Cop Uses Dangerous Maneuver to Stop Runaway SUV [VIDEO]

Donald Deane — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:07:12 +0000

A Texas man named Gatlin Jeter found himself in a quite a predicament when his SUV became stuck in cruise control last Saturday. Jeter was speeding toward Huntsville at 60mph and suddenly found he was unable to stop his vehicle, ‘Today‘ reports. All of Jeter’s attempts to slow the car failed, so he called 911 [...]

Peyton and Eli Manning Star in 'Football Cops' [VIDEO]

Alex Staub — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 19:12:29 +0000

The NFL lockout has left many players with a lot of free time on their hands. Peyton and Eli Manning are making the best of their time off by starring in ‘Football Cops,’ a DirecTV ad spoofing buddy cop shows. In the clip, former football stars Mike Tahoe (Peyton) and CJ Hunter (Eli) return to the [...]