This is so insanely retarded that I can't even think straight. #@!%@#%!!!
Quote:Indiana Town Swears In D-List Celebrities as Cops So They Can Carry Guns for Reality TV Show
Wednesday, December 06, 2006
MUNCIE, Ind. — Erik Estrada and other lesser celebrities have been sworn in as reserve officers of the city police department here, allowing them to carry badges and guns as part of a reality television series.
About 200 people packed into a Muncie City Hall auditorium for the Tuesday ceremony to swear in the former "CHiPs" star, along with La Toya Jackson, Jack Osbourne, Wee Man and Trish Stratus.
A producer coaxed the crowd into cheering loudly for the camera, and parts of the ceremony had to be repeated several times for the TV cameras.
"Roll call is at 6 o'clock," Muncie Police Chief Joe Winkle told the celebrities. "Do not be late."
Winkle had to say the line three times. The first take was interrupted by audience applause, the second was too quiet.
"Welcome to TV," said Julie Link of Forman Productions. "Sometimes, we have to retake."
The CBS show, "Armed and Famous," being filmed in this east-central Indiana city, population 66,000, follows the celebrities as they enforce the laws alongside city police officers.
Estrada joked with the crowd that people may not recognize him as an officer because he would not be wearing his toupee. He pulled up the back inch of his hairpiece and wiggled it, drawing laughter from the crowd.
Estrada carried a gun but rarely used it to stop bad guys in his 1970s motorcycle-cops drama.
He also appeared in VH1's "Surreal Life" in 2004. Osbourne, 21, son of rocker Ozzy Osbourne, was on the MTV's "The Osbournes." Wee Man, 33, a 4-foot-7 skateboarder, gained fame on the MTV show "Jackass."
Jackson, 50, a singer and sister of Michael and Janet Jackson, is a native of Gary, and Stratus is a former WWE professional wrestler.
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This is a train wreck waiting to happen. Since a TV show is deemed to be sufficient reason to swear them in, will the PD there do it for me too? My reasons must be at least as good as a freakin' TV show, right? Nationwide concealed carry, here I come!
What a joke. This demeans every officer who has worked to earn their badge. Swearing in people for entertainment? Come on! Prostituting the uniform for a bit of press coverage and the opportunity to hobnob with '70's TV stars is just retarded.
On the other hand, reading about the lawsuits that will inevitably surface when these TV stars cap somebody will be fun.
"What training did you have? None? But the city authorized you to carry a gun and enforce the law?"Still, can you imagine being someone who called the police because of an emergency? I guess you better want your privacy invaded by a bunch of morons with video cameras.
If memory serves, Jack Osbourne has quite a heavy drug habit. Did the city of Muncie overlook that little fact when they approved this circus? Thanks to the recent law allowing nationwide concealed carry for police officers, this idiot will now be allowed to carry a concealed firearm anywhere he please. Fan-frickin'-tastic.
Fire the chief, do a recall election of the city council members that approved it, and run the celebrities out of town on a rail. Problem solved!
-b0b
(...asplodes.)