Earlier this year, the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office brought on officers whose skills are cut out specifically for speed enforcement.

What’s more interesting about these additions to the force is that they aren’t even real. 

Larry Perez Signs & Graphix went viral after creating a cardboard cut out of a deputy who works for the Williamson County Police Department. The cutout is designed to prevent people from speeding in places like school zones. Since speeding is a common thing among drivers, it’s hard for police officers to be around.

When people are on the road, the last thing they want is to get a ticket; if there’s a police officer around, they’re not taking the chance. When you’re in a vehicle that’s going around 30 mph, you’re going to think that the cardboard cutout of a police officer is real.

What better way than to place cardboard cutouts of our deputies in places where speeding is common? Drivers won’t know if it’s an actual deputy or a cut out of one, and they shouldn’t take that chance to find out.

Other police departments use signs with digital speed readers to show drivers their speeds in hopes that they’ll slow down; an actual police officer will help prevent speedy drivers – even though the police officer may or may not be made out of cardboard. Other departments put mannequins inside empty patrol cars; they even placed empty patrol cars in different areas to act as a deterrent. Even though this may help reduce drivers from speeding, we just added a new, innovative way to make drivers aware. Car accidents are becoming more and more common each day; police departments need to think of ways to be around without actually being there.

Since our first cardboard cut out became a huge success, we created more in order to help the police department in our community. It’s been positive, and it has made speed enforcement easier to handle. Here are some news stations that reported on our cutouts: Fox, KXAN, Newsweek. If you would like to contact us, click here!