ATLANTA, Ga. – After posing as a legislation enforcement officer and handcuffing a drunk man at a strip membership, an Atlanta man discovered himself arrested as an alternative, in response to the Atlanta Police Division (APD).
Terrence Jacks, 49, faces a cost of impersonating a public officer or worker, police stated. He was taken to Fulton County Jail.
“The Atlanta Police Division want to remind all residents that police impersonators jeopardize the legitimacy of the legislation enforcement occupation and that this arrest is critical in sustaining the neighborhood’s belief in our division,” the police division stated in an announcement.
On Sept. 1 after 3 a.m., APD officers responded to Honest Drive SW and Metropolitan Parkway SW after a reported automotive accident. One of many automobiles’ passengers, 47-year-old Samuel Smith, was in handcuffs. His spouse, 42-year-old Patricia Smith, stated the 2 have been at a strip membership known as Peaches of Atlanta when an officer cuffed her husband, bodycam footage exhibits.
Sensing one thing was unsuitable, the officers went to the strip membership, police stated. That’s the place they met Jacks, who was sporting a police patch and homeland safety particular agent badge. He additionally had a radio, a handgun and a automotive sporting blue lights and police decals, in response to APD.
Bodycam footage exhibits Jacks telling officers he was with the Division of Homeland Safety. He stated he was working as a membership safety guard and handcuffed a person who ran away in an SUV.
Jacks confirmed officers what he stated have been homeland safety credentials, however police detained him for questioning. The license plate on his automotive was from a public faculty bus, police stated. Officers later confirmed Jacks was not a homeland safety particular agent.
Patricia Smith was charged with DUI, reckless driving and driving on a suspended license, police stated. In the meantime, Samuel Smith was arrested for an energetic warrant out of Fulton County, in response to APD. He was additionally taken to the hospital for remedy.