Beware the orange vest

The Orlando Sentinel (Saturday 5/19) reports that the Kissimmee Police Department recently performed a unique research operation... they had a plainclothes police officer break into homes and cars to see if anyone who observed the behavior would call 911. We'll let that operation speak for itself.

We will point out the following: in order to further attract attention to himself, the officer wore a bright orange traffic vest over his clothing while he was attempting the break-ins. Now, we just know that some enterprising criminal mastermind is going to try to adopt that strategy, in the hopes that anyone who notices him or her will say "oh, it's just KPD doing that test again." So be on the lookout for the next few weeks, folks, and call 911 when you see anything unusual...especially burglars in bright orange vests.