Scammers sometimes pretend to be police—and they always tell you to do things no real cop would ever. Any official interaction with the police can be anxiety-inducing. Whether it’s getting pulled over ...

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. -- Video released Thursday shows a traffic stop where police say a fake cop tried to pull over a real cop in Upland. You could see the lights from an accused police ...

We hear it all the time in true crime podcasts, headlines and neighborhood chatter: Call the cops. The cops showed up. Good cop, bad cop. But have you ever stopped to investigate where the word cop ...

Impersonating a cop is a big no no. One man in Florida found this out the hard way after he flashed the fake police lights in his unmarked Dodge Charger at an intersection in order to run a light.

Over the dozen years I spent covering the police as a beat reporter in Los Angeles, I came to realize there are two kinds of officers: showboaters and real cops. The showboaters strut around and talk ...

We hear it all the time in true crime podcasts, headlines and neighborhood chatter: Call the cops. The cops showed up. Good cop, bad cop. But have you ever stopped to investigate where the word cop ...