in September 2023 an on duty sergeant from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department was traveling through a construction zone in his unmarked squad car when he spotted a Ford Explorer that closely resembled Indiana state police vehicles the driver 23-year-old Jonathan Becker wore a neon green uniform shirt with patches similar to Indiana Law Enforcement attire Jonathan soon pulled in behind the sergeant and activated his white and Amber emergency lights signaling what appeared to be a traffic stop in response the sergeant pulled over but Jonathan continued driving turned off the lights and was later seen in another construction
area with workers dressed in similar attire the sergeant asked Jonathan if he was a police officer but Jonathan denied it and accused the sergeant of speeding in the construction zone while they argued the sergeant called for assistance from uniformed officers as they spoke the sergeant noticed John's tactical belt had a radio mic a key ring with an Indiana State Police logo and a black whistle items commonly used by police officers uh are you a police officer in the state of Indiana I already answered this question not answering again I already told you okay so you
stop playing games there's no games here okay then I already answer that question five or six well the reason I asked you before is because I wanted to make sure if you are a police officer I I already told you my answer stop asking me so you're not a police officer you understand why I stopped to talk to you correct yeah cuz you flew past me going 80 mph in a PO 55 okay for no reason how do I know you're not on your way to the call cuz your lights areen on you're not in
a police car a police car and then you put your badge on and talk to me correct and your gun I didn't put my gun on I have my gun with me cuz I'm I'm a police officer see your badge on when I went by you in the car you mean yep you put it on to come talk to me correct cuz I wanted to make sure that you knew before I just come up and start talking to you what was going on all right okay all right go run me let's get this over with
okay do you understand what's happening here and why I'm here to talk to you nope you don't understand no okay do you have responsibilities enforcing traffic law on the I'm a flagger okay you have responsibilities to enforce speeding law on the interstate whenever we're in a construction zone I do whatever they tell me to do okay has anybody tasked you with the responsibility to flash your lights at motorists on the road and tell them to slow down while you're driving what we do okay what you're doing right now is stationary on the side of the
road trying to ensure the safety of people in a construction yep okay you understand the difference between motoring public on 465 which is a busy Interstate in Indianapolis I don't know what you're trying to what the point is here okay my point is let's step back and look okay would you agree that some people might think this looks like a police car or some kind of emergency vehicle a traffic control car like his car it's like his car like his car we all use which why I ask you why you are essentially trying to enforc
Traffic Law in the interstate I who said I was trying to do that did you not activate your lights what you said to slow me down I did not you didn't activate your lights nope and there's a witness whereever he went you didn't activate these lights right in the front of your car no my strobe lights I didn't okay what what lights did you activate I didn't activate any lights okay so there's two different any proof that I did two different stories you've given me you said before it wasn't your Strokes it's your high beams
well you said Strokes you told the laoren off I thought okay these lights that are right in the front that are string so now you now you have two different stories okay so now you said understand the heads so you said headlights and then stroke so which one I'm asking you what you activated and you said you didn't activate not accurate I'll talk to somebody else have you ever been arrested I I'll I'll talk to somebody else I'm talking to you he use your laptop you you know one in there I got one I'm the
mark behind him John explained that he owns Indiana traffic operations a company specializing in traffic control at construction sites to ensure the safety of construction Crews I I I have plenty of guys that work guys are youer place for the traffic that's all it is it's not like I'm it's not like I'm he old I don't know what he's you have your idea on my you need it well he's saying you're a witness this whole thing so I this dude he he drives by in his Jeep we're going what 60 it's a 55 on shayin
it was also discovered John was on probation for unlawful display of emergency lights on a vehicle Mr Becker is your driver's license are you on on probation yeah you're on probation you already know the answer that question Han County you already know the what are you on probation for you already know the answer to that question you looked it up so you already know okay what do you think he's on probation for no actually I've never seen somebody on probation for it but he's on probation for uh improper use of emergency lights it's not improper
use you need to reread that I'm not here to write to a ticket okay I know what do you think the odds are that of all people reverse you said improper use what did it say now you're now you're implying the him that I use red and blue light I didn't imply anything you just told him and so now everybody thinks everyone thinks they're did you did you flash your did you flash your lights when you were behind him of emergency lights on a he flew he flew past well you're not the police so guess
what if somebody flies past you call the police what do you think the odds are that of all the people that I stopped to talk to for flashing their lights on the interace he didn't flash him whatever you want to call it he flew by me at 80 M for unlawful display of believe that he did something about it yes you probably know a lot about the statute but you probably if you're on probation for that shouldn't be on the interstate trying to slow traffic down and this is your unlucky day that the car that
you try to do that to happens to be an unmark police officer who happens to be working okay so don't give me a hard time when you're on probation for something related touch my car okay I'm not touching your car stoping my [ __ ] [ __ ] you're lucky I don't tow it which is within my purview okay okay I'm going to tell you what I'm going to do I've got your ID you have this gentleman's information I'm going to make a police report okay how that how that handles anything for your business based
on what your current status is I do not know what is your probation officer's name I have to look at it you don't know who your probation officer is I think's he's a real chill guy I to check in with him maybe once a month so I don't even know problem my suggestion to you is this is probably a bad idea your intentions may have been good but bad things happen when people start down that road and I'm not talking about you having a flash him in a police office I'm talking about people getting pissed
off I legitimately was doing something you have idea that's what we do for a living it was just your bad luck that that happened to be what I do for a living okay what Drive 80 mph and a 55 and then we've been out of cic I'm not going to take advice from somebody I'm asking I'm not here to diminish what you do I app you're in like an unmarked for or something like that all right cool but you said you're in Co investigation not Co cobt yes what we do I'll tell you what I
do for a little I heard Co so I was so I was I don't go after Co violators okay with the wrong guy he's tried to cut him so many breaks I was mad when I heard about this I wasn't even here we go after people we do gun crime investigations I need people to not know that I'm the police that's what we do for a living so no I don't normally waste any of my time but you Peak my curiosity flashing your lights at me I understand now you say you didn't flash any lights
or whatever and it must have just been my random luck that I came up here to talk to you and you happen to be on probation I have no idea who you are I have nothing against you I'm just telling you it's a bad idea to be on the interstate flashing your lights at people I've seen this car flying are they together is this dri he does have seen this one with lights on but I've seen him at the crew Car Wash I could have swear i s p Burns that are red and blue it's
like it's clear what they're doing like you're wearing thin you got a Thin Blue Line plate cover you're wearing a Thin Blue Line hat like come on man we all know whether you want to admit it or not what you're trying to do there's a place for that apparently based on what you're saying you're trying to get me to slow down okay it's not your job Unfortunately today will be you should be driving like that anyway it's not your fault you don't know what I'm doing it's not my fault but you as the police off
you should be driving with do guard and that was not due and I'm sure he can vou for me that was not due if I saw this car coming up behind me and I couldn't see the plate I couldn't see the lights I would 100% think it was a cop like an out counting cop hold on you had your I will not be okay all right this is not your place yeah cuz you should know better you don't know what I you're the police I I'm not even the police dude so what was I doing
you asked me 20 times explain to me what I was doing leaving in and out of traffic no signal and speeding what was I doing no due regard what was I looking for I don't care what you were looking for how so that is not your no that is not accurate how do you know was I following a murder suspect Sobe was I following a murder suspect that that's your business was I following a murder suspect obviously not you was me how do you know cuz you followed me here how do you know you follow
that Mer but you'd be following him right now talking to me make my point for me okay your actions okay look it up in the state of Indiana when you take action and cause someone take another action okay when you take action like on the interstate flipping your lights on like this you cause the Chain Reaction you don't know what I was doing okay you didn't know I was a police officer you just thought I was somebody driving on the interstate coming off the interstate onto shaneland right what I'm saying is it's not your place
to enforce those traffic laws I understand your heart your intention might have been in the right place I don't know I have no idea what your deal is with Han County what I'm saying is that's a bad idea as it turns out you're trying to lecture me on something that you don't know what our job is and what I was doing okay I understand you didn't know I was a police officer there are a lot of I'm just asking you to drive with your guard all right that's all I want all right okay it's not
your place it's not your PL you're a citizen I'm sorry you can drive down the street and want it all day I'm just I'm not I'm not asking you to give me a lecture I'm here just explaining to you actually I was out here working I understand now you think whatever I'm wasting my time here okay but you get where I'm coming from right I just see some ja understand I don't like driving down the road going 50 it doesn't matter it's not your job I'm not here to give you a ticket okay I understand
that I suppose I could I haven't been to tra report in a long time I know where it's at I know how to give a ticket I know they're expensive now and I'm not trying to tax you like that okay you have to understand you're trying to in this conversation justify what you're saying you're not doing anyway I'm going to stab a couple pictures of your vehicle I've already got your information you're free to go do you have any questions for me I'll just need that c your business card I don't have a business card
with me I've already told you my name I'm making a report you have to copy report I do not provide copies of report I give you a report number can you just pull a number and then write it down for them you just run at 32 as an organizational place no it took me a while to get it but it's a it is a like an LF plate like a supporter plate no it's a it's a law enforcement plate um just humor me and run it 312 on an O it has to be uh the
it's uh 312 did he say how he has a what was it like War like Michigan City or whatever it was uh yeah so uh Warren County and Williams Port is Way Out West damn near to he say how he has that play I don't know but this comes back on a brown 2000 that thing is not 2,000 John claimed he purchased the vehicle several months prior along with the equipment inside officers observed a radar gun a radio box light siren box and a mounted computer in plain view all of which appeared clean and functional
it's your it's your stop like whatever if it's if it's over 30 days I'm going to tell I I'm fine just making a reporting going on with my day cuz I don't want to this is not how I like spending my uh what something with the date that you bought the car to show me that it's not older than 30 days oh I got a 10 tag perfect do you see what this says please display this portion in the rear vehicle window does it say anywhere on there to put a plate off of another car
and just drive around with it it do which you can do I'm just saying you obviously if you know while retrieving the vehicle registration since the plates were linked to a different vehicle officers noticed a Glock magazine two pairs of handcuffs in the passenger door and what appeared to be tactical vest and body armor in the back seat it's a handcuff you do security do you understand that doing security means you cannot put someone in the handcuffs that's what the police that's what the real police do is put people in handcuffs yeah I understand that
there's no firearm in here but there's a magazine and bu yeah well I got I got obviously clean this out cuz I just transferred everything to my other car but there's no gun I have I have a clock uh 19 where is it at cuz I can't carry all right cuz I'm on probation don't you know your business better than us okay well I I haven't looked I don't know what the conditions I can't have a fire I don't have a fire I'm just telling you I don't know the conditions of your probation there's probably
people who have conditions of probation that say like if I'm working I can maybe across the board I mean you're it's a c misemer that you're on probation for so I don't know that I've ever encountered somebody on probation for a c misemer so and I don't do probation so I'm just going to say you probably know your business and your better than sure it's there but I'm going to go down that route [Music] have as the sergeant and officers left the area Jon was seen taking pictures of their vehicles given the odd and suspicious
nature of the situation the sergeant decided to dig further after the incident the sergeant reached out to other law enforcement agencies to see if they were aware of similar interactions with JN he received a photograph from June 2022 showing Jon directing traffic for churchgoers leaving a service the photo had been taken by someone who is concerned that the vehicle Jon was using resembled a fake Indiana state police vehicle the investigation deepened as the sergeant reviewed footage from August 2022 recorded during the funeral procession of an lwood police officer killed in the line of duty amid
the procession of police vehicles with flashing emergency lights one vehicle stood out a car operated by John equipped with red and white emergency lights bearing a license plate that read Indiana traffic operations however the sergeant would soon learn that Jon made his day-to-day activities well known to the World Police discovered numerous photos on his public Facebook profile showing him dressed in attire similar to law enforcement uniforms his bio listed him as the owner of Indiana traffic operations LLC since September 2022 though he later removed this information among the posts on his page was a photo
of Jon changing a flat tire but what Drew attention was his utility belt which clearly displayed a firearm police subsequently reviewed Jon's Tik Tok page Indie traffic cops which contained hundreds of videos showcasing police vehicles including his own Fleet in one video John proudly displayed the interior of a Dodge Charger equipped with emergency lights and a silver IMD police badge was visible while these badges were never publicly available they could be acquired by retiring officers following the incident where he pulled over the Sergeant John appeared to change his Tik Tok username additionally police found his
company's Facebook page where several posts featured law enforcement related hashtags the investigating Sergeant believed these posts conveyed a misleading impression that Indiana traffic operations was connected to official law enforcement agencies or activities the company's website was also reviewed revealing several professionally taken photos of JN the sergeant particularly noted the images where Jon was standing in a public roadway directing or possibly obstructing traffic despite there being no apparent reason for his presence there in addition police found Jon's Instagram page where his bio stated he was the owner of a page called law enforcement the account featured
over 2,000 posts displaying law enforcement related Vehicles the sergeant conducted a record search too and confirmed Jon had never been a police officer with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department or any other agency however he had participated in the imd's Explorer program as a high school student in 2016 a detail confirmed by old YouTube videos on his channel along with other law enforcement related content with that his inter interactions with real police officers stretched back to 2021 when Jon was stopped for operating a silver Dodge Charger outfitted with equipment mimicking that of unmarked police vehicles items
like handcuffs and an Ohio State Highway Patrol sticker were discovered Jan was cited and warned about driving a vehicle designed to impersonate law enforcement by April 2023 John was stopped again this time for moving violations a different Dodge Charger now with State Police style decals carried a firearm on the passenger seat in tools associated with emergency responders when officers asked John at the time about the color of the lights on the charger he replied get a warrant in May 2023 a sergeant reviewed footage from another agency showing johon arriving at an accident scene before First
Responders he blocked a lane of traffic and walked freely among injured parties police officers and firefighters at one point in the footage both of police sergeant and a firefighter appeared confused about Jon's identity and his presence at the scene the investigation also revealed Jon had owned 22 vehicle titles most of which were police models only four were active at the time of the inquiry based on several of these factors the investigating Sergeant who was initially pulled over by JN concluded that Jon had falsely portrayed himself as a law enforcement officer on October 17th 2023 the
state of Indiana filed a probable cause affidavit after a review probable cause was established and a warrant for Jon's arrest was issued the following day record show that JN had been taken into [Music] custody ultimately Jon was charged with impersonation of a public servant a level six felony offense he had also received a Class C infraction for operating a motor vehicle with a false plate and he was released a few days later on a $250 cash bomb but the story didn't end there just over a year later JN dug himself into did deeper [ __
] he was arrested once again this time for felony impersonation of a public servant and unlawfully carrying a handgun in his white Ford F-150 a newer addition to his Fleet that he had proudly showcased on his Tik Tok page shortly before the arrest I think this ship is saale but why didn't he just apply to be a police officer visit code bluecam.com and treat your your family friends and enemies with top-notch merch that is sure to impress [Music]
