Posted on 11/04/2007 5:05:18 PM PST by RDTF
U.S. Park Police are searching for a cruiser that was discovered stolen after a voice appearing to impersonate an officer transmitted an unfamiliar broadcast over the force radio system early yesterday.
At about 7:30 a.m., a Park Police commander questioned an incoming transmission as abnormal, said Sgt. Robert Lachance, a Park Police spokesman. Police subsequently traced the voice to a cruiser that was supposed to be undergoing repairs at an auto shop in Brentwood, Lachance said.
"You could pretty much tell that it wasn't Park Police" given the nature of a Park Police transmission, Lachance said.
Lachance wouldn't elaborate on the content or tone of the transmission.
"It was obviously not someone in our agency," he said. But, he added, "the transmission appeared to be an attempt to impersonate someone in the agency."
The stolen vehicle was described as a 1998 Ford Crown Victoria with the U.S. government registration number 1254207. The vehicle, part of the force's canine unit, had a dog cage instead of a backseat and bore the full markings of the U.S Park Police, with overhead lights and K9 6 on the rear corner panels.
Park police are cautioning people to keep windows up and doors locked if they are pulled over by someone in a Park Police cruiser who isn't in uniform. They advise residents to request that any plainclothes officer show a badge and credentials.
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It’s not terrorism.
Good advice, but maybe a little naive to think that could be the only intent of someone with a stolen park police car.
probably not, but not good that it’s in the wrong hands. Possibilities are endless.
Has anyone seen Patrick Kennedy today?
“Car 54, where are you?”
Toody, Muldoon?
Life imitates art.
Glad to see the Park Police isn't squandering my money on vehicles made in this century!
No word if there was any police hardware unsuitable for civilian use in that car. Interesting.
Try looking in Ft. Marcy Park, drained of all fluids, in an unnatural position. Was it black & white, or silver & white?
Didn't they get the memo?
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