Police Cooperation

Hank Schiffer thought it was "weird" that a reporter and camera operator for a local TV station just happened to be on hand to pepper him with questions when he was stopped for a traffic violation. "The whole stop sure had a staged feeling to it," he said. That's because it was staged, according to the cop who stopped Schiffer. A memo from Sgt. Jeff Kelly says he was asked to follow Schiffer and stop him if he committed any infractions, so the reporter could "ambush him to do her story." Local media report Boca Raton, Florida, Police Chief Andre Scott ordered two assistant chiefs to find an officer to help WPLG-Channel 10 reporter Julie Summers get an interview with the contractor, who had been dodging her attempts to speak with him about faulty sidewalks in a community near Boca Raton.