Teenager impersonates Chicago cop

Seven Chicago policemen face disciplinary action after a 14-year-old boy impersonated an officer for several hours.
The teenager spent more than five hours acting as a Chicago officer after sneaking into a police station dressed in a store-bought police uniform last month.
Authorities have admitted that the youth spent two hours driving a police squad car and attended five assignments.
Superintendent Jody Weis told the BBC that the case underlines “troubling lapses in police department policy”.
She said: “The teenager slipped past officers on January 24, after entering the police station through an unlocked back door. Despite arriving with no badge or identification, he was taken to be a bona fide officer and handed a radio.”
During one assignment, the teenager physically arrested and aided another officer in handcuffing a suspect.
The ruse was only noticed several hours later because the youth’s uniform lacked a regulation star and he was not carrying a weapon.
He was released from juvenile detention last week after pleading not guilty to impersonating an officer and is being kept under electronic monitoring at his home.
The seven police personnel fooled by the teenager’s actions could face disciplinary action, ranging from a reprimand to dismissal.
“They weren’t paying attention. They were lax, I’m very upset. This whole incident is very disturbing,” added Supt Weis.