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Cops are branching out.

This leafy officer in New Jersey dressed up as a shrub to catch distracted drivers. The Dunellen Borough PD claims this plant caught 74 people using devices while driving in just 6 hours. Who needs a Flock camera when you have a mock camera?

A police officer dressed like a tree stares through binoculars.
A police officer dressed like a tree stares through binoculars.
Dunellen Borough Police Department
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