Fake Cop Makes Traffic Stop, Gets Arrested by Real Cop

On September 9, 2019 Brenden Wysynski was out on patrol. He had an eBay-special Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office badge, handcuffs in his car, and of course — a handgun, fortunately in a lockbox under his driver’s seat. 

But the 18-year-old parking garage security guard wasn’t at a job site. Wysynski was patrolling the highway. And when he “caught” a car allegedly driving 120 miles per hour using his invisible radar, Wysynski entered cool-mode, morphing his unmarked personal vehicle into a Police Impersonator Special. And then Brenden got to work, doing, well... who knows what.

Shortly after contacting the speeding driver, Brenden, wearing jeans and lacking altogether anything resembling a uniform, waved at a real Albuquerque police officer who was driving by. The fake cop's wave caught the real cop's attention, and he doubled back to see what was going on.

Rolling up on Wysynski, a variety of things struck the officer as highly unusual. When he ran Not-An-Officer Wysynski's 'unmarked unit' and found that it came back to Wysynski (and not to the government), the officer made contact.

Watch as the lies build and build and build... and then all come toppling down. Unbelievably, the rebuild starts almost immediately. Because the biggest Round II lie doesn't get busted on video, I took the liberty of investigating it and busting it for you. You'll know it when you see it.

Finally, in previously-unpublished footage, 22:25 onward, we have the mostly-just-audio of Wyzynski getting transported to jail. We learn more about his personality and gain context, though what to believe is up in the air. Wyzynski claims that he doesn't know his wife's phone number, nor would his family. He has been shot at, his pregnant wife is almost due, and he doesn't like his security guard job because of the management. 

Brenden is looking for work. If any of you need a police impersonator...

Don’t be like Brenden. As we learned from Dashawn Lamar Brown, “sheriffs are not police” is not a defense to impersonating a police officer.


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