More Cynicism: Reality (yeah, sure) Television (theoretically) Dep't

[dduane]

Guns? They're giving them guns now??

Erik Estrada and other lesser celebrities have been sworn in as reserve officers of the city police department here, allowing them to carry badges and guns as part of a reality television series.

About 200 people packed into a Muncie City Hall auditorium for the Tuesday ceremony to swear in the former "CHiPs" star, along with La Toya Jackson, Jack Osbourne, Wee Man and Trish Stratus.

"Allowing them to carry badges and guns?"  Carry them where? (shudder) 

Not Ireland, I'd guess. We're probably safe from them here. But if I lived in Muncie, I'd start worrying.