Fourteen Year Old Given Chicago Police Cruiser and Beat

This story proves truth is stranger than fiction. We went slack jawed when we read this story in these days of heightened security, especially in our urban areas. You must read it but here is the short version. A 14 year old walks into a Chicago police station dressed in a police-issued uniform. He is given an assignment in a squad car for five hours before anyone realized that he was too young to drive, let alone, patrol the streets of the city. It was reportedly not until he returned to do paperwork that officers noticed that he had no badge and no gun.

Hello, officers!!! You have some explaining to do!!