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Jason Mosher

Sheriff's Journal

Vernon County Sheriff.

The obvious indicator

Saturday, June 16, 2018

Not long ago I was working with a detective when we noticed a vehicle in the area drive by and start to turn towards us, but seeing our car, change their mind and go in the opposite direction. We decided to check on it, but as soon as we got behind it, the car turned off the road and pulled into a stall at a car wash. We decided to park across the street for a few minutes to see what they were doing, and the guy got out and walked around the car wash and then back to his car. He sat there for a few minutes and then got out and stretched his legs and then got back in the car again. Each time he got out of the car, he glanced over at us to see if we were still there. This, of course, was a little bit of a hint that something was wrong. Turns out his license was revoked, and he did not have insurance on his car. He told us he was trying to see if we would move on if he was washing his car. I told him he may want to actually start washing it next time then. There are common things people do to not be noticed, but to a police officer, they start to become very clear signs that something is going on. People seeing you and then pulling their hood up over their face as they walk away very quickly and people covering all the windows in their house with aluminum foil so no one can see in are two common examples. Some people even think the Clark Kent thing actually works and wear reading glasses to “disguise” themselves.

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