We got this letter from our friend Dan:
A little commentary on this one. All of the Duluth area hamsexy fans have been waiting for this one. This guy’s name is Dave and he has been thorn in the side of the ham community ever since he got his no-code tech license about 15 years ago. He has plagued area police and sheriff departments with his never ending interference of police service with his flashing lights and homemade police uniforms. You can see his vehicle is just dripping with ham sexiness. I wish I could have walked up to it and taken a picture of the rats nest of microphone cords by the drivers console. But this fellow is a loose cannon so I thought it best to keep a distance from his home. Since he thinks he is a cop I am sure he would think he has the authority to shoot me. Hope you can use the picture!
I definately want more stories about this guy… sounds like a real turd.
Yes. He looks like he’d get along well with the “Green Aurora, and I’m not talking about the car” that I will be showing off shortly (soon as I can find it again for another couple pics…).
He’s got the whole “red firefighter’s truck” look. He probably does get people yeald to him thinking he is the fire chief. I bet he ran over to Red Lake to help out.
I had the misfortune of running into Super Dave a few weeks ago. He likes to hang out at local restaurants and gas stations that the police frequent for coffee breaks. He has made his own uniform, complete with patches, and does nothing but drive around or hang out trying to make people thing he is a cop.
This truck is only the most recent in a string of pimped out vehicles he has owned. All of them were decorated with home made signs saying things like “Comm Van” and “Emergency Communications”. There is a fake squad number on the back that looks to have been made out of reflective mailbox stickers from Walmart. Top that off with the fact he only has Motorola and Vertex radios in there because that is what the “real cops” use.
Dave is at his Hamsexy best when a Skywarn net is activated. He is on the net every 5 minutes offering to go “Mobile” or reporting any dark cloud in sight. Many times the net control just sends him off to some remote place, hopefully out of repeater range, so he will stop interfering with the rest of the net.
If anyone questions whether this is an exagerated description of this guy, come to the Duluth hamfest and see for yourself! I know I will be there with my camera.
Im from down in the Twin Cities, and have grandparents in Duluth, and remember seeing him drive by once. Anymore pics of the car? (get a buddy to follow him into one of his “hang-outs” and then take some pics of his truck :)!!)
I’m sorry…isn’t it against the law to wear a police uniform when you’re not? So…why is this idiot still on the street?
Wait, let me guess, he wears everything but the shield, right? Well, one day, he’ll run into someone who thinks he’s a cop, and if he’s lucky enough to survive, I hope he hangs the underwear with the skid marks up someplace…
Years ago, before trunking radios, I used to park my HT on a security guard companies’repeater, and completely goad the hell out of all the whackers and cop-wannabe’s with inflamatory statements like …”You tried to join the force, didn’t you??…But you failed the Psychological Exam, didn’t you?” …”So now, ..you have to be a pretend-police-officer, dont’ you?”
Man, talk about hitting the Launch Button! Apparently that statement hit home. I got about 20 minits of screeching and profanity!. And an offer to meet and settle all this. That line usually brings out the wolverine in them. Try it, next time you hear him on the band!
I also live in the Duluth area and have seen this guy. He actually has a vest with a Duluth Police Department patch on it. Where he got it is anyones guess but there has to be some kind of law being violated there. We have a few others like him here in town and I am going to do my darndest to get pictures of them and submit them. If I see Dave I will try to snap one of him too.
Like I said, wearing the patch and the uniform, even if he doesn’t have a shield, has GOT to be impersonation. Hell, I’d lock his ass up if I ran into him!
He should be in jail.
If he’s wearing patches, the same coloured shirt etc, a reasonable person could believe he’s a cop (if they’re not a seasoned wacker spotter), therefore, it’s impersonation.
one day he’ll pull over the wrong guy, and bang-it will be over.
Apparently you are a wannabe security guard.
Whats his call sign?
N0QDD
I have seen the Freak also…What a Numb Nuts!!
He was at Field Day, in full Halloween Dress…He not only has homemade Police uniforms, he was sporting a Police hat along with a Police belt and Hand Cuffs..
He is a Real Tool!!!!