We had a legendary prank pulled recently here at work on an easy target. An officer (we'll call #1), who somehow slid through the application and hiring process and who has since transferred from my office, hated working the road. He wanted nothing more than to be "a real investigator." The thought of wearing designer jeans to work with his gun and badge on his belt investigating "real crimes" became an obsession. Every time the department would advertise an opening for a special investigator's spot on the MIS, he would put in for it. He was never even considered.
So one day a senior officer (#2) got the MIS format from a friend of his at our division office. He type up a fake MIS advertising an opening for a new state wide counter terrorist unit, complete with details and job description, including counter terrorist training, the ability to travel state and nationwide, etc. It looked REAL, but ridiculous The Hwy Patrol dosent do that kinda shit! Anyhow he put it in #1's box.
The next day, #1 found the MIS in his box and typed up a formal request to be considered complete with his stupid resume.
Here's where the prank got outta hand. The request was signed and approved by our then commander. It was then sent to our division office. Signed and approved! At this point no one has questioned the validity of this special counter terrorist unit. It then gets forwarded to our headquarters in Sacramento. The folks at HQ asked around and no one had heard of this new special unit. They then called back to Division, who in turn called our commander, who knew nothing of it. Everyone scrambled around for a day trying to figure out if this special unit was real or not. They finally decided it wasn't.
End result: everyone was so embarrassed they just dropped the whole thing and pretended like it didn't happen.
Officer #1 was crushed. He thought he was joining seal team six.
Re: Pranks gone awry
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 2:25 pm
by Mornin Beef
Re: Pranks gone awry
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 2:35 pm
by BrewGUN
That's awesome, I'm surprised someone didn't get disciplined though. Especially going that far!
Re: Pranks gone awry
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 2:51 pm
by Feelin' Fowl
BrewGUN wrote:That's awesome, I'm surprised someone didn't get disciplined though. Especially going that far!
x2. Embarrassment from top to bottom to let that slide
Re: Pranks gone awry
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 3:28 pm
by aunt betty
I thought maybe Red put a fart pillow in the recruit/trainee's seat on the day they changed chairs or something. Backfired err backfarted.
Re: Pranks gone awry
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 3:28 pm
by AKPirate
Boot must be crushed.
Re: Pranks gone awry
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 3:30 pm
by aunt betty
AKPirate wrote:Boot must be crushed.
Hey Alaska... can you still order pizza by air from Aniak? If so...how much does she charge this year? I built the school in Akiak. Just up the Kuskokwim River.
Re: Pranks gone awry
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 3:33 pm
by Bootlipkiller
Wait... I'm not getting on with seal team six? What the fuck!
Re: Pranks gone awry
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 3:34 pm
by AKPirate
aunt betty wrote:
AKPirate wrote:Boot must be crushed.
Hey Alaska... can you still order pizza by air from Aniak? If so...how much does she charge this year?
No idea Betty. I have heard stories about that though.
Re: Pranks gone awry
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 3:35 pm
by aunt betty
AKPirate wrote:
aunt betty wrote:
AKPirate wrote:Boot must be crushed.
Hey Alaska... can you still order pizza by air from Aniak? If so...how much does she charge this year?
No idea Betty. I have heard stories about that though.
Googled it and yep. Still there. I guess there is a charter boat now on the kuskokwim. Best summer I ever had was in Akiak.
Re: Pranks gone awry
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 11:07 pm
by GadwallGetter530
The fact it made it up the chain that far is priceless.
Re: Pranks gone awry
Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 4:54 am
by The Mad Duck
Sounds like the prank worked PERFECTLY to me
Re: Pranks gone awry
Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 9:47 am
by Redbeard
GadwallGetter530 wrote::clap: The fact it made it up the chain that far is priceless.
here's the best part. I saw the proof. #1 had signed copies of his request from both our commander and division. #2, being our area rep, which makes this whole thing even funnier, got photocopies of the documents along with the original fake MIS and showed them to me. I about had a heart attack from laughing so hard
Re: Pranks gone awry
Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2013 12:23 pm
by aunt betty
I always thought police were serious folks who never do silly pranks that waste time and money. My respect for LEO's is fading. Got any more good cop stories? Huh Barney?
Re: Pranks gone awry
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 12:29 am
by GadwallGetter530
aunt betty wrote:I always thought police were serious folks who never do silly pranks that waste time and money. My respect for LEO's is fading. Got any more good cop stories? Huh Barney?
Red's all out of Good Cop stories. Can you tell us more of your Crazy Person Stories?
Re: Pranks gone awry
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 8:22 am
by Woody
Good to see our tax dollars are being well spent...
Re: Pranks gone awry
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 8:41 am
by aunt betty
GadwallGetter530 wrote:
aunt betty wrote:I always thought police were serious folks who never do silly pranks that waste time and money. My respect for LEO's is fading. Got any more good cop stories? Huh Barney?
Red's all out of Good Cop stories. Can you tell us more of your Crazy Person Stories?
Once upon a time a crazy assed muther fucker named Gad decided it would be fun to poke fun at AB and call him crazy. You know, "its not too good idea to fuck with the mind of a crazy person". Gad, are you qualified to diagnose people's mental condition? Can you do that on line? BonJour.
Re: Pranks gone awry
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 8:44 am
by aunt betty
Remember, you asked for it.
Re: Pranks gone awry
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 8:29 pm
by (MT)Montanafowler
The Mad Duck wrote:Sounds like the prank worked PERFECTLY to me
x2
red, have you done this yet?
Re: Pranks gone awry
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 11:28 pm
by Tiler_J
aunt betty wrote:
GadwallGetter530 wrote:
aunt betty wrote:I always thought police were serious folks who never do silly pranks that waste time and money. My respect for LEO's is fading. Got any more good cop stories? Huh Barney?
Red's all out of Good Cop stories. Can you tell us more of your Crazy Person Stories?
Once upon a time a crazy assed muther fucker named Gad decided it would be fun to poke fun at AB and call him crazy. You know, "its not too good idea to fuck with the mind of a crazy person". Gad, are you qualified to diagnose people's mental condition? Can you do that on line? BonJour.
Sounds like you should make him a video AB!
Re: Pranks gone awry
Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 9:41 am
by Redbeard
(MT)Montanafowler wrote:
The Mad Duck wrote:Sounds like the prank worked PERFECTLY to me
x2
red, have you done this yet?
there's so much good shit in that one clip
Re: Pranks gone awry
Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 9:42 am
by Redbeard
Tiler_J wrote:
aunt betty wrote:
GadwallGetter530 wrote:
aunt betty wrote:I always thought police were serious folks who never do silly pranks that waste time and money. My respect for LEO's is fading. Got any more good cop stories? Huh Barney?
Red's all out of Good Cop stories. Can you tell us more of your Crazy Person Stories?
Once upon a time a crazy assed muther fucker named Gad decided it would be fun to poke fun at AB and call him crazy. You know, "its not too good idea to fuck with the mind of a crazy person". Gad, are you qualified to diagnose people's mental condition? Can you do that on line? BonJour.
Sounds like you should make him a video AB!
haven't they made enough Saw movies Joel?
Re: Pranks gone awry
Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 8:30 pm
by aunt betty
Redbeard wrote:
Tiler_J wrote:
aunt betty wrote:
GadwallGetter530 wrote:
aunt betty wrote:I always thought police were serious folks who never do silly pranks that waste time and money. My respect for LEO's is fading. Got any more good cop stories? Huh Barney?
Red's all out of Good Cop stories. Can you tell us more of your Crazy Person Stories?
Once upon a time a crazy assed muther fucker named Gad decided it would be fun to poke fun at AB and call him crazy. You know, "its not too good idea to fuck with the mind of a crazy person". Gad, are you qualified to diagnose people's mental condition? Can you do that on line? BonJour.
Sounds like you should make him a video AB!
haven't they made enough Saw movies Joel?
"Acorn gets psychoanalyzed on WFF by GadwallGetter530" sound like a winner?
Re: Pranks gone awry
Posted: Fri Aug 09, 2013 8:38 pm
by jehler
aunt betty wrote:
Redbeard wrote:
Tiler_J wrote:
aunt betty wrote:
GadwallGetter530 wrote:[quote="aunt betty"]I always thought police were serious folks who never do silly pranks that waste time and money. My respect for LEO's is fading. Got any more good cop stories? Huh Barney?
Red's all out of Good Cop stories. Can you tell us more of your Crazy Person Stories?
Once upon a time a crazy assed muther fucker named Gad decided it would be fun to poke fun at AB and call him crazy. You know, "its not too good idea to fuck with the mind of a crazy person". Gad, are you qualified to diagnose people's mental condition? Can you do that on line? BonJour.
Sounds like you should make him a video AB!
haven't they made enough Saw movies Joel?
"Acorn gets psychoanalyzed on WFF by GadwallGetter530" sound like a winner?[/quote]i have psychoanalyzed everybody on this forum, do I get a prize?
Re: Pranks gone awry
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2013 12:08 am
by Laguna Madre
@Redbeard
Holy crap that is hilarious!!!! The CHP brass sounds like the THP brass in that we'll just let this one go because it's embarrasing we approved it.
We once took some black electrical tape and taped over the T on TROOPER then taped over the little drop down on the R and turned TEXAS STATE TROOPER into TEXAS STATE POOPER on a buddies patrol car. He then worked a full 9 hour shift and towards the end he stopped a car full of potheads and he had them all lined up on the side of the road and he said they were laughing like Beavis and Butthead. Haha haha haha haha haha. He over hears one of them say," Dude-I'm so high-Does that really say TEXAS STATE POOPER?"
Re: Pranks gone awry
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2013 1:42 am
by rebelp74
jehler wrote:
aunt betty wrote:
Redbeard wrote:
Tiler_J wrote:
aunt betty wrote:[quote="GadwallGetter530"][quote="aunt betty"]I always thought police were serious folks who never do silly pranks that waste time and money. My respect for LEO's is fading. Got any more good cop stories? Huh Barney?
Red's all out of Good Cop stories. Can you tell us more of your Crazy Person Stories?
Once upon a time a crazy assed muther fucker named Gad decided it would be fun to poke fun at AB and call him crazy. You know, "its not too good idea to fuck with the mind of a crazy person". Gad, are you qualified to diagnose people's mental condition? Can you do that on line? BonJour.
Sounds like you should make him a video AB!
haven't they made enough Saw movies Joel?
"Acorn gets psychoanalyzed on WFF by GadwallGetter530" sound like a winner?[/quote]i have psychoanalyzed everybody on this forum, do I get a prize?[/quote]No, you're just too unpredictable
Re: Pranks gone awry
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2013 2:42 am
by Feelin' Fowl
Laguna Madre wrote:@Redbeard
Holy crap that is hilarious!!!! The CHP brass sounds like the THP brass in that we'll just let this one go because it's embarrasing we approved it.
We once took some black electrical tape and taped over the T on TROOPER then taped over the little drop down on the R and turned TEXAS STATE TROOPER into TEXAS STATE POOPER on a buddies patrol car. He then worked a full 9 hour shift and towards the end he stopped a car full of potheads and he had them all lined up on the side of the road and he said they were laughing like Beavis and Butthead. Haha haha haha haha haha. He over hears one of them say," Dude-I'm so high-Does that really say TEXAS STATE POOPER?"
Re: Pranks gone awry
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2013 9:08 am
by Redbeard
Laguna Madre wrote:@Redbeard
Holy crap that is hilarious!!!! The CHP brass sounds like the THP brass in that we'll just let this one go because it's embarrasing we approved it.
We once took some black electrical tape and taped over the T on TROOPER then taped over the little drop down on the R and turned TEXAS STATE TROOPER into TEXAS STATE POOPER on a buddies patrol car. He then worked a full 9 hour shift and towards the end he stopped a car full of potheads and he had them all lined up on the side of the road and he said they were laughing like Beavis and Butthead. Haha haha haha haha haha. He over hears one of them say," Dude-I'm so high-Does that really say TEXAS STATE POOPER?"
hilarious stuff
A buddy of mine just transferred to a new area. His last day, a quiet Sunday morning, he printed up a goofy picture of him giving two thumbs up. Made about 150 8 1/2" x 11" copies and hid them everywhere in the office. Naturally having nothing better to do, I helped him. Behind every single picture in the office he hung a photo. He put pictures in all the sgt's desks. Randomly hid them in clerical's files. Put em inside the florescent light covers. A month later, people are still finding his pictures.
The best was when when he randomly mixed about 40 of em inside our main printer's printer paper. People were getting printouts on Chuck's face for two weeks.
Re: Pranks gone awry
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2013 11:12 am
by DC727
That's awesome.
Re: Pranks gone awry
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2013 10:41 pm
by Laguna Madre
There was one very senior Trooper who could retire any day he wanted that would tell rookies to go take a piss just off the road when they were working very rural areas at night. He'd then sneak up behind them and fire off his old magnum wheel gun and video them jumping about 10 feet in the air.
The same Senior Troop would take a 6 month rookie out on patrol in a rural dark stretch of County Road and tell them since they've become so experienced and hardened he was going to let them in on a old Department secret. He said being a Highway Patrolman is a lonely life and you have to take comfort wherever you can find it. He'd then tell them if you wanted to touch me it would be OK. He would have the whole contact on video and would laugh at the horror on their faces and then tell them he was just kidding.
This is not a prank but a funny cop story. This West Texas Trooper was a big bow hunter and he used to take his bow and target with him in the trunk and would stop on rural deserted roads and shoot his bow for 15 minutes a day. One day he was on patrol and saw the biggest bobcat of his life. He looked around and didn't see any squirrel sheriffs so he grabbed his bow and got out and drew down on the bobcat. When he was at full draw a 80 year old woman rounded a bend and saw the Trooper shooting his bow off into the woods. Being a good Texas citizen who is concerned for the welfare of the local Troopers she decides to call 911 and say please send help quick because there is a Trooper fighting for his life. He is out of bullets and is shooting arrows at them. Everybody starts running hot to the location but the Sergeant gets there first just in time to see the Trooper walking out of the woods with a dead bobcat in his right hand and a Matthews bow in the left. He got a couple of days off without pay but the story made it to all corners of the State.
All these pranks happened a long time ago and times have changed.
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 2:23 pm
