Man Turns Maserati Into a Police Car - and the Police Object

An unidentified Braintree man was summoned to district court and charged with impersonating a police officer due to painting his Maserati to look like a police car.

The man painted his Maserati to replicate the “Transformers” character, Barricade. In the movie, Barricade is a Decepticons character that changes from a cop car to a spike-fingered robot, says Boston.com.

The driver was stopped on Saturday, Aug. 9 around 4 p.m., after Braintree Deputy Police Chief Wayne Foster passed the car in Braintree Square. Foster told the Patriot Ledger, he pulled the car over because he “didn’t know of any (police) department that had a Maserati.”

The driver told Foster he was assisting the police “because other drivers noticed him and slowed down, thinking it was a police vehicle.”

The Barricade/police car look-alike is actually a 2010 Maserati Quattroporte, and typically costs $102,500 according to Uproxx.

Written on the side of the shield was the character’s motto: “Punish and Enslave,” a different take on the usual police slogan “Protect and Serve.”

The vehicle had police markings and “speed enforcement” lettered on its rear bumper, police said. Official vehicles of Braintree Police are clearly marked with a badge and the words “Braintree Police.”

“No we don’t have a Maserati in our fleet, although that would be nice,” the Braintree Police Department wrote on Facebook.

Photo credit: Braintree Police Department Facebook page