Turnabout is mean-spirited play

A friend in Colorado forwarded this article to me. This must be a universal bad practical joke in the asshole arsenal. If it weren't wrong and intended to be humiliating, they wouldn't have done it. Nothing, absolutely nothing, could have proved my point better. You don't need to be a cop to be that asshole, though.

Criminal Charges Possible In DPD Prank Call

CBS4 has learned two Denver Police Officers are under investigation for allegedly making a prank phone call to the Parker Police Department, sending Parker Officers on a wild goose chase.

"We have an active criminal investigation ongoing into charges of false reporting," said Parker Police Sergeant Doreen Jokerst. "We have conferred with the District Attorney's Office and charges are pending."

Sgt. Jokerst said she could not release any details citing the ongoing police investigation.

Multiple sources familiar with the case told CBS4 that the two Denver Officers, who are assigned to District 6 in central Denver, were on duty at the time they made the crank call.

Sources said they called Parker Police from the District 6 station and the call ended up on the Parker Police Department's 911 emergency line. They reported that a fellow Denver officer, who had called in sick for his shift, was at his home in Parker and was suicidal.

Parker officers were apparently dispatched to the officer's home. But they quickly realized the officer was not suicidal. Several sources said the Denver officers quickly confessed that they were trying to play a prank on their colleague by having Parker cops sent to his home after he had called in sick, and that their call was a hoax.

Sgt. Jokerst said Parker Police Chief David King was aware of the case and that the department's Investigations Division has been piecing the case together.

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