LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Police can't be everywhere, so 11-year-old Landon Wilburn is on patrol in the Stone Lakes subdivision in Louisville. Landon told The Courier-Journal he and his friends used to shout at speeders to slow down -- then had a better idea.
Last month, Landon began pointing a Hot Wheels-brand radar gun at them and charting their speeds. The orange radar gun, which costs $30 to $40 at toy stores -- although Landon traded toys with a neighbor for his -- can clock the speed of almost anything from baseballs to cars.
While on "duty", Landon wears an orange safety vest, a bicycle helmet and carries, in addition to the radar gun, a battery-operated flashlight with a built-in siren.
George Ayers, 61, who lives on Stone Lakes Drive, said he could not believe his eyes when he first saw Landon with the radar gun. He initially didn't recognize the boy and, judging by drivers' reactions, he thought he might be a police officer.
"When I saw it happening, I got the biggest kick out of it," Ayers said. "People were locking up their brakes when they saw him."
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