YouTube channel Cop Watch posts video demonstrating complete misunderstanding of LE impersonation scams
I know this sub and automod are very averse to posted links to anything, including YouTube videos, so I just named the channel so you can find the video posted on December 21st. A cop is shown on body cam talking to a scammer on a cell phone, claiming he's going to 'track him down' and 'put cuffs on him', as if he's talking to anyone in the US or in any jurisdiction he has any chance of going to, to arrest anyone. It shows that he's either clueless that the scammer is almost certainly on the other side of the world, or delusional about his ability to find and detain such a foreign scammer. I appreciate his anger and sentiments toward the scammer, but that kind of thinking is completely counterproductive to actually resolving the problem. Actually 'playing it cool' and collecting info and collaborating with federal law enforcement would be much more productive, although going beyond that to get a foreign nation to cooperate is still extremely unlikely, and educating the local population would be more effective.