Neenah Employs paper Cops

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Neenah, Wisconsin police use cardboard cut-outs to slow speeders

Posted Jan 9th 2008 7:57AM by Dan Roth
Filed under: Etc., Government/Legal, Safety, Driving

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Wisconsin has such a speeding problem that it can't keep up. Even with a full court press of law enforcement, drivers continue to speed and have even sped by other motorists receiving their obligatory revenue-production invoice. In an effort to keep drivers on their toes while also leaving time to fight real crimes, the Neenah PD will post cardboard cutouts that look like an officer pointing a radar gun in strategic locations. Like something out of Weekend At Bernie's, the paper tigers will be rotated with living, breathing officers so that the ruse has a chance of effecting change. At this point, it's less about filling the coffers and more about quelling an epidemic of overly-velocitized drivers.


How long before they all get stolen?

[Windsors 03 Cobra]

Couple a hours.

[70 cutlass 442]

i want one.

[juicedimpss]

i want one.

me too

[Yooformula]

that would be cool to have a standup paper cop in my garage....

[70 cutlass 442]

me too



18 case and road trip?

[Silver350]

LOL that would be funny as hell "Neenah police seek carboard cop kidnappers."

[Crawlin]

i'm down....

guess when the WIR RSD's come around, we'll ahve a reason to shoot over to the next town :)

[Crawlin]

What would be funnier is if you dressed them up instead of steal them.

Like if someone were to make a graphic design of hairy legs in biker shorts and just quick pin it to the cardboard. Or make it like he's not wearing any pants. Or put a wig on him. Or put a stuffed animal pig with a leash tied to the cardboard, hahaha

[juicedimpss]

18 case and road trip?

sunday night?

[Rocket Power]

I wonder what works better , the cardboard cutout or the empty squad the MCSD leaves on the side of the freeway from time to time.

[6forwardgears]

Anyone remember the empty shell Ford Explorer that was done up like a cop car that they used to put in the emergency lane over the by the Mitchell interchange? That slowed people down pretty good until everyone knew what it was.

edit: B10


I wonder what works better , the cardboard cutout or the empty squad the MCSD leaves on the side of the freeway from time to time.

[70 cutlass 442]

sunday night?

this weekends already spent, im thinking the following if all pans out well :thumbsup

[juicedimpss]

this weekends already spent, im thinking the following if all pans out well :thumbsup

next sat is the drag expo in schaumburg,it would have to be friday or sunday night.

[wikked]

How long before someone glues donuts to them.

[Karps TA]

Since when does WI have a speeding problem? Everytime I'm on the road the person in front of me is going 5 under and in the left lane?

I'd say we have the opposite of a speeding problem.

[hrsp]

How long before someone glues donuts to them.

:rolf:rolf

[Z28Roxy]

I wonder if I could scare people still by putting a pushbar and spotlight on the caprice, and parking on a side street with the lights off.

[Deggy]

I wonder if I could scare people still by putting a pushbar and spotlight on the caprice, and parking on a side street with the lights off.

when Pork has his Impala and would park outside of a friends house we would goto, at first glance i thought the cops were there.

[70 cutlass 442]

when Pork has his Impala and would park outside of a friends house we would goto, at first glance i thought the cops were there.

thats when you bust out the can of krylon and tage " not a cop" on the side. :headbang

[Heat Seeker WS6]

LOL that would be funny as hell "Neenah police seek carboard cop kidnappers."


They could just buy them back off of Ebay :goof Might be cheaper the 2nd time around

[GRAMPS SS]

I wonder what works better , the cardboard cutout or the empty squad the MCSD leaves on the side of the freeway from time to time.

Germantown does the same thing....pisses me off when i head into the falls for work and see the car ahead...get to it and it's empty......

[HITMAN]

Oh, I have GOT to get me one a deez!
I think I'll fasten it to the hood of my CRX and drive around like that...:rolf

[Berettaspeed]

i see alot of times on the expressway just a car sitting on the side and noone in it. LOL good idea IMO. just leave a car on the road.

[885.0stang]

just replace it with a cut out of an athlete. that would be a fair swap.

[lordairgtar]

Howsa bout a cut out of Elvira or a nekkid Paris Hilton standing next to the cop? Is there a place one can buy these?

[MurphysLaw88GT]

Door County Sherriffs Dept. has store manachins(sp?) that are dressed up in a marked squad always sitting on 57 in Jacksonport/Bailey's Harbor area. It would sit for months, and all the FIBS and FISHTAB's would jam on the brakes...

[Poncho]

just replace it with a cut out of an athlete. that would be a fair swap.

Michael Jordan at every stoplight, I love it.

[05caddyext]

I'm sure there is a huge huge fine for stealing one of those. Probably not a real great idea to be posting on here that you are going to do it. It's a shame that the reason they have those is because of people like you guys that would steal them. The city would replace them, no doubt, and there is one less real cop on the street then because of your stupid antics.

[HY35F2T]

LMAO lol id say get a cut out of a indian,biker,and construction worker and line them up.lol :rolf:rolf or cut a whole a shove a hotdog threw the mouth lol.

[885.0stang]

LMAO lol id say get a cut out of a indian,biker,and construction worker and line them up.lol :rolf:rolf or cut a whole a shove a hotdog threw the mouth lol.

thats too funny.:rolf:rolf:rolf.

[70 cutlass 442]

I'm sure there is a huge huge fine for stealing one of those. Probably not a real great idea to be posting on here that you are going to do it. It's a shame that the reason they have those is because of people like you guys that would steal them. The city would replace them, no doubt, and there is one less real cop on the street then because of your stupid antics.

how will that make one less cop on the street, if they have such a huge speeding problem then why not just write a ton of tickets and generate more revenue so they can hire more cops? im sure there isnt much other crime in neenah anyways.