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​​​​​​​'Well played': Police speed trap foiled by anonymous plywood sign, officers say

Josh Hafner
USA TODAY

All it took was some scrap wood and paint to foil Florida deputies trying to catch drivers speeding last week.

The Collier County Sheriff's Office shared on Facebook that deputies had set up a "speed enforcement operation" in Golden Gate Estates, east of Naples, in "response to citizen requests." 

After waiting some time, deputies noticed something: No one was speeding.

"Traffic was steady, so why had they identified just one driver who was traveling over the speed limit?" the office said.

Once the operation concluded, the officers noticed a sign less than a mile up the road from where they had tried to catch drivers.

"POLICE AHEAD," the sign said in bright, neon-orange letters. 

"Well played, Anonymous Sign Artist," the office said online. "Well played."

The sheriff's office shared an image of the warning resting against a 45 mph speed limit sign.

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Comments on the post questioned motivations of both deputies and drivers.

"So what you're telling us is that a homemade sign did more to deter speeding than several cops did?" one commenter, Duane Vick, said.

Vick suggested that officers "keep that homemade sign and place it in random places throughout the county, even if you don't plan an enforcement detail there."

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