Posted on 08/01/2026 6:31:38 AM PDT by lowbridge
A Middlesex County police department used an officer disguised as a shrub to crack down on distracted driving Wednesday, issuing 74 citations.
The Dunellen Police Department conducted a distracted driving enforcement operation on the 100 block of North Washington Avenue, an area with heavy vehicle and pedestrian traffic, according to a Facebook post.
The goal was to enforce New Jersey’s handheld cellphone law and increase safety in the community.
Police issued the 74 citations during a six-hour span.
“Our ‘shrub’ was busy,” the department said in the post.
(Excerpt) Read more at nj.com ...
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Reminds me of something Barney Fife would do.
Gilly suits can be used by more than snipers I see.
American military snipers all have these suits.
That’s the one I was thinking about!
Now she's doing that while texting...
How many of those conversations were caused by the sighting of some idiot dressed in a bush?
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In the South he’d be Kudzu Man
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