West Florida on Lookout for Cop Impersonator
Two University of West Florida students and two others have reported separate incidents involving a man impersonating a police officer in the past two weeks, the Voyager reports. One of the incidents involved sexual assault.
County police are warning students and residents to be on the lookout and are searching for "an unmarked, retired, and auctioned-off police vehicle." Police believe at least two of the incidents are related and that the man, dressed as an officer and using a car equipped with flashers or a spotlight, is targeting young women.
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The local television and newspaper did a horrible job reporting these incidents. The media did not see fit to adequately inform the public after the first two events. The TV stations would run an eight second clip and then no further updates about the cop impersonator were given. The news coverage of the cop impersonator did not increase until the third victim was unfortunately assaulted. Had the media run sufficient news updates then maybe the assault on the third incident could have been avoided. Now that there is enough attention one woman was aware of the previous incidents and did not pull over when the cop impersonator flashed his lights. This goes to show that if the public is well informed then the outcomes tend to be more favorable than if it was not aware of the incidents.
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