Cardboard MBTA cop may actually invite crime once word gets out

This, of course, presupposes meaningful data trends can be established through such a limited sampling, especially since it has not yet been established what the reaction will be once criminals learn that police are trying to trick them with … scarecrows. In fairness to the idea though, the cardboard cutout looks like it would stand almost as good a chance at catching a nimble, youthful bike thief as its real-life counterpart. [More]

Today's Gun Rights Examiner offering notes a two-dimensional fake may be the least shallow and phony thing about Boston-area law enforcement.