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Thursday, June 3, 2004 Posted: 10:26 AM EDT (1426 GMT)





PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (AP) -- State police are taking to the woods, dressed in camouflage and armed.



But the weapons are radar guns, the quarry is speeders and the season never closes.



Police at the Rockview Barracks near State College began using so-called "camo cops" patrols after a 44-vechicle crash on Interstate 80 that killed six people in January.



"As a result, there were many, many letters and questions and fingerpointing -- What are you doing? What are you not doing enough of?" said Lt. Jeffrey Watson, station commander.



The tactic is catching on with state police in other counties.



In one five-hour blitz in Indiana County last week, troopers issued 25 citations to motorists zooming along at least 15 miles faster than the posted 55 mph limit -- including one lead foot cited for going 90 mph.



"It's going to continue throughout the summer months," said Shawn Houck, a spokesman with the state transportation department, which partnered with the barracks.

1988RedT2

I'm cool wit dat. A crowded interstate is no place for some crazy kid to be trying to find out what the top end is in his POS Civic.

RX7Aggie

there were cops riding in red camaro's pulling people over for speeding when we were on the way to detroit from texas two weeks ago.



the only police id they had were the red and blue flashing lights on the dash and flashing head lights.

spooliNrx7

Yea, so thats all good catching the people going like 20 over, but the downside is when you are cruising along in your 7 and you get pulled over for going 7+ speed limit in the slow lane.....

rotarychainsaw

I thought being hidden is illegal.

89 Rag

It is here in Or., they have to be at least 3/4 in view in the a.m. and have at least the marker lights on in the p.m.

TurboSmoke

thats the law here in florida to. after 8pm they have to have atleast their parking lights on. and cant be hidden.



Once in ft myers the cops tryed posing as homeless people with sign's. Behind the sign was a radar gun. People got out of the cause it was intrapment. the sign said "will work for food" and another said "God loves us all." A area judge said that if they put something like "slow down" or something to that nature it would have been legit. the got 65 people in one day for speeding by doing that.



Jeremy

venomrx7

yea, its illegal here too. speed trapping. its fucked up, and you don't usually get out of it here. thing was, when he got me, I had the video camera running in the car, so you could see on the video where he pulled out. he got out, saw the camera, I told him it taped everything, and then showed him. he just told me to slow down.

l8t apex

I think they tried that in Mississippi but the pickup owners thought they were deer.

FDRacing

you say that like he'd be breaking the speed limit