Same thing happened to me in a School zone in front of Renton High School in Washington. The cop was ON FOOT. Jumped right in front of me.
And here’s the comical part: he was pointing his hand held triggered radar gun. My wife honestly thought he was pointing a gun at us.
And if I ran him down, that would have been my defense. :)
On a side note, IIRC the speed limit was 30, but the school zone speed was 20. We were doing 45. He put a sticker on my car showing the speed and directed us into a parking lot where cops were writing tickets as fast as they could. The one we got was a guy we knew. He wrote us up for 30 in a 20 mph school zone. :)
This is the exact location. The end of the driveway is clearly visible, but the cop car was totally hidden to me. The hot shot cop was more interested in filling his quota than doing his job safely.