A police officer in the small New Jersey borough of Dunellen took undercover work to a whole new level this week by dressing up as a shrub to catch distracted drivers illegally glued to their cellphones.
The unconventional tactic paid off for the Dunellen Police Department, which handed out 74 citations in just six hours on a busy downtown road.
The operation, conducted on Wednesday, targeted motorists violating New Jersey’s strict cellphone law in a pedestrian-heavy area known for traffic and a relatively high number of accidents for a one-square-mile town.
The department boasted about the high citations in a post on Facebook, which included a photo of the officer in his disguise.