As for Barry Carpenter, I went to school with him and always thought of him being a nice guy, but I can totally see Dojack coming up with this idea, and talking Carpenter into it.

Life in a small town when ain't much crime… they need to find something to do! I remember once coming home and Dojack, when he was still a plain ol' cop, stopping me for running a stop sign. Only problem is that there isn't one where he said I ran it, and I've lived in this neighborhood since the 70s - he thought I was drunk since I was coming in at 2am, and he thought he'd see if he could write me a ticket or get an arrest. But I hadn't even been drinking that evening, and when he said "You ran a stop sign" I calmly said "No I didn't." He replied "Yes, you did," and I said "No, I didn't. I stopped at the one sign on my route long enough to see you doing a U-turn in the middle of the street, but I didn't run any sign." He then tells me "Well just be careful next time"…. asshole.