Given that most police departments have really low hiring standards, it’s amazing that there are people out there who do this. Just go get a job at some podunk police department. They’ll hire anyone.
Wasn’t this an episode of Friends?
I remember one where Phoebe is dating a cop and he takes the guys on a ride along where there’s a car backfiring but they think it’s a gun shot and Joey tries to save a sandwich.
This has happened so many times it’s almost a cliche. People who do this are mentally ill. It’s like cosplaying as a Nazi.