{"id":55343,"date":"2014-09-22T09:56:20","date_gmt":"2014-09-22T13:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=55343"},"modified":"2014-09-22T09:56:49","modified_gmt":"2014-09-22T13:56:49","slug":"jim-bailey-phony-retired-cop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=55343","title":{"rendered":"Jim Bailey; phony retired cop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?attachment_id=55345\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-55345\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/oak-harbor-jim-bailey-245x300.jpg\" alt=\"oak-harbor-jim-bailey\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-55345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/oak-harbor-jim-bailey-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/oak-harbor-jim-bailey-272x333.jpg 272w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/oak-harbor-jim-bailey.jpg 282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>James &#8220;Jim&#8221; Bailey has been posing as a retired police officer for the last twenty years in Oak Harbor, Washington, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kirotv.com\/news\/news\/police-say-man-may-have-pretended-be-officer-years\/nhNk4\/\">KIROTV<\/a> but it wasnt&#8217; discovered until last week when OHPD got a call for an officer who needs assistance and that officer turned out to be the police academy dropout;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The officers arrived and found two men and one woman.  As the officers began to interview those involved, they determined that the woman and one of the men had been in an argument when a third man, identified as Jim Bailey, intervened and told them he was a retired police officer.<\/p>\n<p>Bailey then told them to call 911 and say a police officer needed assistance, according to the three people involved in the incident.  The officers at the scene told them that Bailey was not a police officer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inquisitr.com\/1487942\/oak-harbor-man-who-posed-as-retired-cop-for-over-20-years-gets-busted\/\">The Inquisitr<\/a> reports that he&#8217;s been giving training to folks under his police persona for more than 20 years;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>According to Chief Green,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was listed as an officer doing certain training and things, so there became some concern that he was acting as an officer, maybe obtaining information that he shouldn\u2019t be obtaining, maybe obtaining information that we need.\u201d Green said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.komonews.com\/news\/local\/OAK-HARBOR-MAN-ACCUSED-OF-PRETENDING-TO-BE-RETIRED-COP-275379731.html?tab=video&#038;c=y\">KOMONews<\/a>;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Green said Bailey spent a few years as an Oak Harbor reserve officer in the late 1980s. The chief is convinced Bailey has been pretending to be a retired cop since he left the department in 1991.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It appears through our investigation this has been going on for a good 20 or 25 years or so, &#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Green said Bailey never graduated from the Police Academy in Burien and never become a police officer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He only lasted 2 to 3 weeks at the Police Academy, he did not succeed there, &#8221; said Green.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Good thing that we don&#8217;t know anyone like that, huh?<\/p>\n<p><iframe width='500' height='300' seamless='seamless' src='http:\/\/www.komonews.com\/news\/local\/OAK-HARBOR-MAN-ACCUSED-OF-PRETENDING-TO-BE-RETIRED-COP-275379731.html?embed' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Epic &#8216;stasche, though. 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