Updated on November 5, 2015
FIREFIGHTERS: TOO MANY POLICE IMPERSONATORS AND PHONY COP CARS
NOT ENOUGH FIREFIGHTER IMPERSONATORS, UNION COMPLAINS
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| Firefighters complain there are two many fake police cars and not enough firefighter impersonators |
Just days after the fourth person in three days was arrested for driving a phony police car and impersonating a officer, the president of the local firefighters union said his organization is considering filing a lawsuit claiming discrimination against firefighters.
”You hear about people impersonating cops all the time, but hardly anyone ever impersonates a firefighter, and that’s discrimination,” said PAFFITSWAOA president Graham-Bub Heckenlebber. “How many fake fire engines do you see people driving around in? I rest my case,” he scowled.
Heckenlebber added that the union plans to institute a free training program in the future for would-be firefighter impersonators. ”This is an important issue and we feel it’s also incumbent upon us to do our part to bolster the ranks of firefighter impersonators.”
