Something similar happened in a small town we lived in. The cop, also our neighbor, shot up his vest and claimed he was attacked.
2 things went wrong with his story. He had no red spot where he was shot, no bruise, no nothing and the town had virtually no crime. Petty stuff like missing lawn art.
The chief suspected a foul story from the get go but dragged out the investigation just to be sure.
The officer had shot his own vest and then tried to make it look like he was attacked and fired upon. He even posed himself, half in the car, half on the ground, then called for help.
Later he confessed after the chief said the story doesn’t fit. He said he couldn’t stand not being in the spot light after he won some awards. He was featured regularly in the town newspaper.
I felt sorry for his wife and kids, his parents. They were at one time so proud of him. He left town after his evaluation. No charges, just fired. His police days were over.
The one thing I noticed living near him, he would never wave to anyone. He’d ride around the neighborhood using his siren and loud speaker, stopping to tell people all kinds of things. I would hear him one block over, yelling slow down or telling kids to get in their yards, turn your car music down.
When you spoke to him he was very rude. Bad attitude. Considering he looked like a big nerd on steroids, I just laughed when I saw him. He was so full of himself.
Who knew that nut thought he really was super cop.