A 14-year-old boy accused of impersonating a police officer and going on patrol for five hours has pleaded not guilty.
The teenager appeared in a Chicago juvenile courtroom on Monday in a purple sweater with his hands cuffed behind his back. A judge ordered that he be held at the juvenile center because he could pose a danger to himself.
Fake Cop Only 14-Years Old
Rev. Roosevelt Watkins, a South Side Minister, said the arrest was shocking but not a surprise. Watkins and his wife took in the 14-year-old for 11 months after the boy’s mother kicked him out of the house for being defiant.
"He's crying out for someone to help him because he's technically homeless," Watkins.
Rev. Watkins said the teen was arrested in December, 2007 for impersonating a police officer and again last month at the Ford City shopping mall while wearing a police uniform.
On Sunday, Chicago Police said the boy came dressed up in a regulation uniform and worked five hours of a shift at the Grand Crossing District police station. It's unclear where he got the uniform.
"He has a fantasy, he's infatuated with becoming a police officer," Rev. Watkins said.
The boy reportedly was able to get a police radio, ticket book and ride with an officer for several hours before being questioned by a sergeant who realized his true identity. Because the boy had been in a "police explorer" program where he shadowed officers, he was able to follow procedures with out being noticed.
The boy now faces felony charges of impersonating a police officer.
Copyright Associated Press / NBC Chicago
OK peoples...lets try to name whats wrong with this.....they ARRESTED the kid..why?...because of THEIR stupidity...yup that's right..their departments stupidity...i mean HOW can a 14 year old kid get away with wearing a uniform without someone realizing that he isn't old enough?...whats bad about NOT realizing his age is the fact he got an assignment..and lets be honest..they say he wasn't holding a gun...bullshit...sorry if they gave him an assignment..he was holding a gun..or else his "partner" would ( o wait maybe he didn't after all) have realized this and asked the kid WHY he wasn't carrying his weapon..so IF he was indeed carrying a weapon..that IS scary..still the departments fault....if i was this kid's mom i would be irate at the police department for not checking up on this...what he if was assigned something serious and he got killed?...How could the department be so ignorant NOT to know their own officers or check up on new ones maybe coming in from another department...this is scary in more ways than one...it goes to show what people really can get away with and how "safe" we citizens are....was the kid right in doing what he did?..of course not...he needs his ass whipped by his momma and some sort of probation...should HE being getting all the blame though to make the police look better?...NOOO...its not fair and it just goes to show how dirty the systems are...
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Wow, how embarrassing for that station. I admire that kid's moxy! When I was 14 the ballsiest thing I ever did was probably change the letters of a dairy bar's sign around to say something naughty. Lol.
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