Episode 44: The Strange Case of Jeremy DeWitte

About this episode

Professor Marsh discusses the case of Jeremy DeWitte, who impersonated police while running a funeral escort service in Florida.

In this episode of Death et seq., Professor Marsh talks to Wake Law student Spencer Maher about Jeremy DeWitte, the man who turned a Florida funeral escort service into a viral masterclass in policy impersonation. As the owner of Metro State Special Services, DeWitte patrolled Orlando streets on decommissioned police motorcycles, wearing a badge nearly identical to the LAPD's and carrying a pepperball gun that looked exactly like a service Glock. Find out what happened to a man who took "playing cop" way too far.

People in this episode

Host: Tanya D. Marsh

Guest: Spencer Maher

Topics covered

• policy impersonation
• funeral escort service
• law enforcement
• Florida
• viral incidents

Keywords

• Jeremy DeWitte
• funeral escort
• policy impersonation
• Florida
• law enforcement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Metro State Special Services, LAPD

Places: Orlando

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