by Roscoe P. Coaltrain
NS has been having problems in the Chicago area with intermodal trailer break-ins and theft of goods. So they were trying to run a sting in the neighborhoods around Englewood where the police fake an arrest of a truck driver, and haul him off and leave the truck on the side of the road, where other cops were watching to nab any break-in artists once the news of the abandoned truck made it's way around the hood.
Unfortunately, some residents were watching and filming the cops doing their setup work.
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Video is about an hour long, it begins with the occupants of the truck and apprehension vehicles performing their 'job briefing'. A little bit down the road, about 10 minutes into the video, a local cop car pulls the JB Hunt Intermodal semi over and they go through though the motions of a fake arrest. When they set up the truck, they parked it just after city intersections with a crosswalk, so neighborhood residents using the sidewalk would pass right by the rear door of the trailer.
Once the cops know the residents are wise, the truck driver mysteriously re-appears from one of the chase vehicles.
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Unfortunately, some residents were watching and filming the cops doing their setup work.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHnCRjqYlW8" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Video is about an hour long, it begins with the occupants of the truck and apprehension vehicles performing their 'job briefing'. A little bit down the road, about 10 minutes into the video, a local cop car pulls the JB Hunt Intermodal semi over and they go through though the motions of a fake arrest. When they set up the truck, they parked it just after city intersections with a crosswalk, so neighborhood residents using the sidewalk would pass right by the rear door of the trailer.
Once the cops know the residents are wise, the truck driver mysteriously re-appears from one of the chase vehicles.
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