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  14-year-old boy impersonates Chicago cop
  January 25, 2009 5:01 PM | 26 Comments | UPDATED STORY
  Chicago police arrested a 14-year-old boy for impersonating one of their own on Saturday.
  The boy, who has been charged as a juvenile with impersonating an officer, walked into the Grand Crossing (3rd) District station, 7040 S. Cottage Grove Ave., dressed in a Chicago police uniform, police spokeswoman Monique Bond said. The boy, who reported for duty about 1:30 p.m., partnered with another police officer for about five hours.
  At an afternoon news conference police said the boy had no interaction with the public.
  Police described the boy as a former "police explorer," which means he was part of a community program run through the police department's Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy (CAPS) that allows youth to interact with Chicago police officers. He was part of the explorer program in 2008 in the Englewood (7th) District.
  "The boy was not armed and the matter is under investigation with Internal Affairs," Bond said.
  Bond also said that how the boy acquired the police uniform was under investigation. Police officers need to present identification while acquiring their uniforms.
  "This individual [the boy] has identified an egregious breach in security," Deputy Supt. of Patrol Dan Dugan said at an afternoon news conference.
  The boy, whom authorities were not identified since he's a juvenile, is scheduled to appear in Juvenile Court at 10 a.m. Monday.
  He also was alowed to drive and write tickets here is the rest of it
  LOL this was too funny i had to post it
  WHAT! Umm wouldnt you think they should have been suspicous from the beginning bc the whole story was fishy. Umm yea thats crazy.
  So he was SAVVY enough to sign out a radio??? This night gets better and better!
  I think you would be able to tell the difference between a 14 yo boy and a 21 yo man! COME ON!!! That's crazy and for 5 hours this other cop didn't realize it?! WOW!
  Yeah my DH and I were thinking the same think but it was kinda funny that he even got to write a few tickets i wonder if those people will have their tickets dismissed ????
  Quoting abootie:
  on Jan. 26, 2009 at 1:36 PM
  Must have been one old looking 14 year old.....WOW....Jenn
  on Jan. 26, 2009 at 2:16 PM
  But he didn't. Says right here.
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