Yet again we see another report of a 'fake cop.'
Reporter Deanna Boyd tells us that a 21-year-old woman told the real police that a man posing as an officer fondled her Tuesday night after pulling her over in southwest Fort Worth.
The woman said she was driving over the U.S. 183 bridge near the Interstate 20 split around 9:44 p.m. when she noticed a spotlight shining into her car. She believed that an officer was pulling her over.
He ordered her to place her hands on the hood, then grabbed her breasts and buttocks over her clothing.
Seems like we've had several of these cases lately, but fake cops aren't the only people posing as someone else to rip off other people.
Reporter Alex Branch filed a story earlier this week about two young women who were arrested recently on suspicion of lifting bags and purses at area high schools.
The suspects, who easily posed as students, walked onto the campuses undetected and then got busy grabbing gym bags and purses, according to police.
We're not aware of a special term describing these school infiltrators, but we did learn about similar-type thieves -- the "office creepers."
These are people who sneak into businesses by walking among legitimate workers.
This has been happening a lot lately in Dallas, said Lt. Andy Harvey, police spokesman. Sometimes, he added, they wear the attire of people delivering fast food.
"They come posing as people who should be there -- either people at the business or service-type people," Harvey said. "People may assume they are delivering something."
Harvey said these tactics may have been used recently when a man got away with laptop computers from Dallas City Hall. The computers reportedly had "sensitive" information about grant applications for homeland security projects.
"It's important that we verify people coming in, either by security (or) just ask questions. They don't like that attention and if that's the case, they'll leave."
Harvey also urged workers to not leave valuables around for the fakers to snag. The same goes for students on campus.
As for fake cops, they always seem to have some sort of glitch in their uniforms or gear. Police warn that if an officer doesn't look real, insist on seeing a badge and call 911.
-- Bill Miller