If you looked at the vehicle in the image above and thought that it looked like a genuine police car, you wouldn’t be the only one. Fortunately, the man driving that SUV in Stockton was caught by the actual police before he fooled anyone else on the road. However, there was a chance that the driver would have gotten away with it if he wasn’t doing something foolish at the time.
Commenters unsure how the man got the fake police vehicle
A California Highway Patrol officer was assigned to a construction detail at night on July 6 near State Route 99 in Stockton when he spotted what looked to be a strange patrol vehicle from the Los Angeles County Sherriff’s Office, according to a Facebook post on the official CHP Stockton page.
The SUV had a light bar, the word “Sheriff” on the door, and a black-and-white scheme that matches what a LASO vehicle would look like. But something was still off. The car had “stopped partially on the shoulder and the roadway,” which is why the officer tried to make contact with the driver.
When the man attempted to drive away, the officer was able to stop it at an off-ramp. Upon closer inspection, the officer determined that the SUV was actually an unauthorized LASO patrol vehicle…