Sting - Busting people for not stopping at crosswalk

[ericgtr]

Today at work we caught this happening outside of our building, they were busting cars for not stopping when the undercover officer was trying to cross. This is my first photojournalism type thing, keep in mind I am on the 5th floor and behind glass. For most shots I used my 75 300mm (non IS) without a tripod. Here's how this plays out.


Undercover officer coordinating with the motorcycle officer.
http://www.ericsmedia.com/media/sting/0.jpg


Undercover officer crossing the street to get into position.
http://www.ericsmedia.com/media/sting/1.jpg



Motorcyle officer taking position in a nicely hidden spot behind some bushes.
http://www.ericsmedia.com/media/sting/2.jpg


Undercover officer tempts fate by stepping out.
http://www.ericsmedia.com/media/sting/3.jpg


This car doesn't seem to care and speeds by him, forcing him back to the curb, bad call.
http://www.ericsmedia.com/media/sting/4.jpg


Out comes our friend in blue to nab the suspect.
http://www.ericsmedia.com/media/sting/5.jpg

[SimonBl]

Sounds interesting, but the images aren't linking :-)

[jcost]

would love to see the photos, but not working.

John

[ericgtr]

Ack.. Sorry about that, I forgot I had hotlinking disaled on my guitars site. Let's try this :)

[Sathi]

Good plan for stealing money from the serfs. Nice picture series

[CRE@TE]

:) Glad to see the police are cracking down on these ignorant drivers. They also need to nab the ones that don't stop at stop signs.:evil:

[Keiffer]

Interesting and informative post. Where is this at? What city or country?

[JMAS]

should be done more often here.
Great catch/ sequence

[ericgtr]

That took place in a suburb of Portland in Lake Oswego, Oregon. Everyone at my work was talking about it so I decided to grab my camera and get what I could.

[Keiffer]

Very cool, Thanks for answering my question Eric.

[Andy_T]

Great series, and great idea from the law enforcement agency as well.

Best regards,
Andy

[JayKitty]

hahaha i like that alot. good idea with the photos and the story.

[32ANA]

Good to see cops doing something that actually saves lives, nice work. Wish they would do useful things like that where I live!
Anna

[scottbergerphoto]

Great series. The pictures tell the story. I liked your choice of a slow shutter speed to catch the motion of the car wizzing by. Did you notice the police 2 way radio in his hand?
Not exactly the dark suit and white socks, but cops sometimes have a hard time looking civilian.

[ericgtr]

Thanks, yeah he was pretty good at keep the radio up against his hip when cars were coming so you couldn't tell he had it until he called for the other officer to get the them.

[zacker]

cool, too bad they werent busting kids in hot rods.

[4nR]

AHAHAHA! thats so cool. i hate bad drivers.