Davonte Thompson inadvertently called 911 on himself after pulling over a motorist he said was driving recklessly
A Florida man was arrested for impersonating a police officer after he allegedly took it upon himself to pull over a reckless driver, and then called 911 on the motorist.
Davonte Thompson, 29, allegedly used his SUV to pull another vehicle over in the parking lot of a TD Bank in Pembroke Pines, located about 22 miles north of Miami.
He reportedly justified the stop by showing the driver a stolen badge, which once belonged to a now-retired sheriff’s deputy in Louisiana, according to local station WSVN .
Thompson then called 911, telling the operator the motorist needed to be stopped due to their reckless driving. Instead, responding officers arrested Thompson for impersonating an officer.
“I just wanted [the police] to do their job and get them off the streets,” Thompson later told Miami station WPLG as he left the Broward County Jail Wednesday evening.
Thompson said he felt moved to act due to his trauma related to car crashes.
“I got in an accident a long time ago, previously in my life and, you know, people that just drive recklessly and crazy, I mean, honestly, I mean, I don’t want to get this done again,” he said.
When a reporter with WPLG asked Thompson whether he’d lied to the driver about being a police officer, he responded: “No further questions.”
The reporter followed up by asking: “Are you denying that you told this driver that you were a cop?”
“I’m not denying,” he replied.