West Florida on Lookout for Cop Impersonator

Local Reporting

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.