Reckless moment a driver tries to grab a police officer’s GUN during a traffic stop – but the cop just slaps his hand away and gives him a warning
- Unnerving footage captured moment a man reached for a policewoman’s gun
- Video showed him reaching his hand out slowly at Victoria Police officer’s belt
- Twice tried to grasp gun as she looked away, leading her to knock his hand down
- ‘F**k – don’t touch,’ she said when she realised how close he was to her weapon
A driver filmed himself trying to grab a policewoman’s gun during a traffic stop, forcing the stunned officer to swat his hand away.
The video uploaded to TikTok on Monday showed the man reaching over to the Victoria Police officer’s holster as she stood next to the driver-side door.
He twice tried to grasp the gun while she was looking away at a mobile device, prompting her to slap his hand down and give him a stern warning.
Risky business: A man has recklessly reached for a Victoria Police officer’s gun during a traffic stop
The man first told her he was going to ‘close the door’ before hovering his hand over her equipment belt.
‘F**k,’ she said when she realised how close he was to grabbing her pistol.
‘Don’t touch.’
Viewers on the social media platform were impressed by the officer’s calm and composed reaction to the man’s reckless behaviour.
‘In the USA, he would have been ten feet in the ground,’ one commenter wrote – referencing a series of fatal police shootings in the US in recent months.
‘If “playing with my life” was a video,’ another said.
‘How did he get away with that?’ one asked.
Others suggested the man was only messing around as he never made a direct attempt to take the gun.
‘He didn’t want to grab it – he was playing,’ one said.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Victoria Police for comment.
Commenters on TikTok were impressed by the officer’s composed reaction man’s reckless behaviour – saying he would not have received the same patience from police in the US
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