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Normandy Public Works Director Charged With Impersonating a Police Officer

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The public works director in the north St. Louis suburb of Normandy got caught masquerading as a cop last fall — and while he's now facing criminal charges for the incident, he's still working at city hall.

Rodney Jarrett, 63, had a .45-caliber handgun tucked in the back of his pants and was driving a city pickup with flashing red-and-blue lights on September 7 when he conducted a bogus traffic stop, authorities say.

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The driver, a 63-year-old nonprofit worker named Herman Pruitt Jr., says Jarrett ordered him to hand over his driver's license and accused him of running a stop sign.

"I never saw an ID, never saw mace, handcuffs, radio — nothing," Pruitt recalls.…

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