The text is a narrative of 15 unusual and intense situations recorded by police dashcams. These situations include a man impersonating a police officer, a police officer discovering a bound man in a trunk, a tornado forming near an officer, a child almost getting hit by a car, a driver's remorseful confession to a fatal accident, a mysterious sphere detected by a police helicopter, a white light streaking across the sky, a plane crashing, an escaped convict evading capture, a police officer avoiding being hit by a car, a burning vehicle being pushed away from a restaurant, and a devastating gas explosion in a neighborhood.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text, excluding opinions:
1. A man impersonated a police officer and pulled over innocent citizens in December 2017.
2. The impersonator had fake lights on his car and a dash cam to record himself.
3. Police in Tucson, Arizona, have not revealed what happened to the man who was stopped by the impersonator.
4. Police in Louisville, Kentucky, made a late-night stop for a traffic violation and found a bound man in the trunk of the car.
5. The bound man, Shawn Bloomer, was kidnapped by four men while working at a Circle K gas station.
6. Shawn was in the trunk for four hours and was passing in and out of consciousness.
7. A police officer in Newcastle, Oklahoma, witnessed a tornado forming while patrolling the highway.
8. The officer was forced to drive in reverse when the tornado approached and swallowed a building whole.
9. Dozens of lives were lost in the tornado.
10. A police officer in Spooner, Wisconsin, stopped a child in a yellow shopping cart from entering traffic.
11. The child's mother had been loading another child into the car and did not notice the shopping cart slip away.
12. A police officer in Hamilton Township, New Jersey, witnessed a bright white light streaking across the sky, which was also seen by hundreds of other locals.
13. The light was likely a meteorite.
14. A deputy in Pinellas County, Florida, witnessed a plane crashing to the ground after the pilot lost control.
15. The plane was later revealed to be the personal aircraft of major league baseball player Roy Halladay, who had multiple intoxicants in his system.
16. A police officer in South Wales witnessed a strange spherical object in the distance using a thermal camera.
17. The object was not visible on radar and was not explained.
18. A police officer in Los Angeles stopped a suspicious man, who gave a fake name and story.
19. The man was later revealed to be escaped convict Richard Lee McNair.
20. Richard had escaped from prison twice before and was serving a life sentence for murder.
21. A police officer in New Jersey made a routine traffic stop on a poorly lit road and was nearly hit by a moving car.
22. The officer demonstrated impressive reflexes by rolling away from the car in time.
23. A police officer in Glen Heights, Texas, responded to a call of a burning vehicle and took care of the situation by bumping the car into a parking lot.
24. The vehicle could have exploded at any time, covering the officer in flames and debris.
25. A police dashcam in South Jersey captured footage of a gas leak explosion that affected 15 people.