French Man Has Been Driving Without a License Since 1997
A French motorist may have broken the record for the longest time driving a vehicle without a valid license, insurance, or technical inspection – over 28 years. Last week, a routine traffic stop turned out to be a memorable bust for a motorized police unit in Rhone, France. After checking the license plates, the traffic […]
Unemployed Man Dresses as Cop, Works Alongside Real Traffic Policemen for 2 Months
An unemployed man in Russia managed to live out his dream of being a traffic policeman by putting on a fake police uniform and going on patrols with actual traffic inspectors for two months. Tired of sitting around all day, Viktor, a 48-year-old unemployed man from Russia’s Stavropol Region, bought himself a realistic-looking police uniform […]
Colombian Police Releases Wanted Criminal Poster With No Photos or Names
Police in Santa Marta, Colombia, recently attracted criticism for publishing a wanted poster of alleged cartel members with no actual photos or names. On January 2nd, the Santa Marta police department published a poster of 12 of the most wanted criminals in the Colombian town, asking the general public for help in apprehending the alleged […]
Man Gets Arrested After Calling Police 2,000 Times in 9 Days to Harass and Insult Them
An elderly Japanese man was recently arrested after calling a police precinct 2,060 times in nine days to yell at the staff there and call them “tax thieves” and “big stupid a-holes”. Between September 30th and October 8th, the 67-year-old man from Saitama Prefecture called the Prefectural Police Headquarters a total of 2060 times to […]
Gang Runs Fake Police Station Right Next to Real One for Eight Months
A gang in the Indian state of Bihar somehow managed to run a fake police station out of a hotel for eight months before finally being caught by the actual police. Cases of fraudsters impersonating police officers and soldiers are not uncommon in India, a country where the fear of and the respect for those […]
91-Year-Old Active Police Officer Has No Plans to Retire Anytime Soon
At 91 years of age, LC “Buckshot” Smith may just be the world’s oldest serving police officer, but he says he has no plans to retire just yet. Buckshot doesn’t move around as fast as he used to, but that hasn’t been stopping him from patrolling the street of his home town, Camden, in Arkansas, […]
Russian Police Officers Busted for Faking Drug Bust
A couple of police officers in Russia were convicted for busting a drug den that they had created themselves in order to boost their performance rating. Senior detective Ivan Mantrov and Yury Titov, the head of a police station in the Russian city of Kostroma, allegedly convinced three locals to produce the illegal synthetic drug […]
Fake Cop Helps Police Stop Suspect in High-Speed Chase, Later Gets Arrested by Real Police
A North Carolina man who allegedly joined a police chase and later handcuffed the suspect at gunpoint was eventually arrested for impersonating a police officer. On the night of October 5, police in Wilson, North Carolina, got some unexpected help during a high-speed car chase. At about 11 pm, they stopped a car in search […]
Belly Destruction – Thailand Sends Overweight Policemen to Fat Camp
Police stations all around Thailand are sending their chubbiest officers to a weight-loss camp as part of a nation-wide program aptly called “Belly Destruction”. After the success of a two-week pilot program, police stations in Thailand have begun sending their fattest officers to the Central Police Training Center in the city of Pak Chong, to take […]
Police Slammed for Spending Almost $600 on DNA Tests to Catch Thief of $2 Yogurt Bottle
Police in the Taiwanese city of Taipei were accused of wasting taxpayers’ money on solving stupid cases, after local media revealed that they recently conducted DNA tests worth hundreds of dollars to find out who drank a student’s $2 yogurt bottle. Sharing a fridge with roommates in college usually means accepting that, from time to […]
Man Uses Fake Police Uniform and Gun to Pick Up Women, Gets Arrested by Real Police
A 21-year-old Indonesian man who used a custom-made fake police uniform and a realistic gun to pose as a police officer and get women to go out with him was recently arrested by real policemen. He still has a scheduled date, only this time it will be with a court judge. Ari Septian Pratama, a […]
Chinese Drivers Who Blind Others with Full-Beam Headlights Forced to Stare into the Light by Police
When driving at night, there’s nothing quite as annoying as being blinded by the full-beam headlights of another vehicle. Recognizing this problem, the police department recently started punishing offenders by making them stare at their own headlights for a full minute. Hopefully, this will make them see the error of their ways. On November 1st, Shenzen […]
Cop Who Never Forgets a Face Has Recognized Over 850 Criminals in the Last Four Years
Andy Pope, a Police Community Support Officer for West Midlands Police, in the UK, has come to be known as memory cop, thanks to his incredible photographic memory, which has helped him successfully identify over 850 suspects in the last four years. Every day, PCSO Pope arrives at work half an hour early, logs on to his […]
Indian Police to Use Slingshots and Chilli Balls as Crowd Control Weapons
In a bid to better control unruly crowds that gather during protests, police in northern India have decided to replace their modern arsenal with rudimentary weapons like slingshots and chili powder balls. The decision was made after they realised that these “non-lethal” options might prove to be more effective than water cannons or tear gas. “It […]
Mom Asks Police to Pretend to Arrest Her Misbehaving 10-Year-Old Son to Teach Him a Lesson
Thoroughly exasperated by her son’s misbehavior, a mother from Columbus, Georgia, came up with an innovative method to teach him a lesson. She teamed up with the local police force to stage an arrest of her fifth-grade son, hoping to scare him into behaving well at school. 33-year-old Chiquita Hill said that her son Sean’s teacher […]