Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cpl. Mark Taylor is not homeless, but that’s the impression he gave earlier this week during a curbside sting to catch disobedient motorists.
Donning blue jeans, sunglasses and a baseball cap, Taylor stood at a busy intersection Monday afternoon in Vernon, British Columbia. He held up a cardboard sign that read, “I am not homeless.
RCMPolice looking for seatbelt/cellphone.” To be fair, the word “not” was written is smaller letters and the bottom part of the sign, which identified him as a police officer, was sometimes covered up, according to the local Daily Courier. But that didn’t seem to stop people from falling for it.
For an hour, Taylor stood there, peeking into cars to see whether drivers were obeying seatbelt and cellphone laws. It is illegal there to drive without a seatbelt or to drive while texting, even at intersections. When Taylor spotted lawbreakers, he alerted other officers down the road who were waiting to issue tickets. The officers handed out 11 citations.
Sly Canadian cop catches lawbreakers while posing as panhandler - The Washington Post
Donning blue jeans, sunglasses and a baseball cap, Taylor stood at a busy intersection Monday afternoon in Vernon, British Columbia. He held up a cardboard sign that read, “I am not homeless.
RCMPolice looking for seatbelt/cellphone.” To be fair, the word “not” was written is smaller letters and the bottom part of the sign, which identified him as a police officer, was sometimes covered up, according to the local Daily Courier. But that didn’t seem to stop people from falling for it.
For an hour, Taylor stood there, peeking into cars to see whether drivers were obeying seatbelt and cellphone laws. It is illegal there to drive without a seatbelt or to drive while texting, even at intersections. When Taylor spotted lawbreakers, he alerted other officers down the road who were waiting to issue tickets. The officers handed out 11 citations.
Sly Canadian cop catches lawbreakers while posing as panhandler - The Washington Post
