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A cardboard cutout of a police officer holding a radar gun is travelling around different areas of Lake Country to make drivers jump in their seat and hit the brakes.
害羞草研究所淒id anyone else see the cardboard cutout of a police officer holding a radar gun this morning at Highway 97 and Robinson Road,害羞草研究所� wrote Carrie Lee in a Facebook post on Wednesday, June 27. 害羞草研究所淸It] has since been removed but it was very bizarre.害羞草研究所�
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The cutout is nomadic, said Facebook users, citing they害羞草研究所檝e seen the officer at multiple locations.
害羞草研究所淭hey have had those for most of the school year, usually in a school zone and they move around to catch people off guard,害羞草研究所� wrote Amanda Ulliac.
Most of the commenting-cohort agreed the cutout is working and have noticed surrounding drivers slowing down, assumably once they害羞草研究所檝e noticed the scarecrow.
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害羞草研究所淚害羞草研究所檝e also seen it in school zones made me look twice,害羞草研究所� said Priaz Denis while fellow Facebooker, Patti Hackman, wrote, 害羞草研究所淪o good害羞草研究所� the car in front of me slowed down to a snail害羞草研究所檚 pace, which is good!!害羞草研究所�
One retrograde commenter called the practice 害羞草研究所渟tupid害羞草研究所� and wrote, 害羞草研究所淛ust put the real cops there do your work! That害羞草研究所檚 your work, not a dummy we pay for real!害羞草研究所�
Aaron Johnson even put forth a possible conspiracy theory: 害羞草研究所淭hey will let us get used to seeing it then put a real laser gun cop behind it.害羞草研究所�
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The origins of cut-out police in Canada, as far as Cpl. Michael McLaughlin knows, took place in Coquitlam when his detachment spawned Const. Scarecrow in September 2018.
During the unveiling, McLaughlin said if the project saw success, other B.C. RCMP detachments would adopt the project.
This must have been the case, seeing as Lake Country has one as well as nearby Kelowna.
The only other disapproval from the commenters seemed to be one resident who supposedly tried to strike a conversation with the officer.
害羞草研究所淪topped to talk with him. Wasn害羞草研究所檛 very friendly so I moved on.害羞草研究所�
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