A USA Today article recently pointed out that a new study claims that one in ten kids who play video games are probably psychologically addicted to what is commonly referred to as “gaming.” Another activity that might just be habit forming is police impersonation. Some folks just can’t seem to get that cop monkey off their back. An Elmhurst, Illinois man claiming to be a lawyer and private investigator with a history of impersonating police was arrested recently and charged with impersonating an officer, according to Chicago police. It’s his second such arrest in a one-month period.

Raul Eiseman, 44, was charged with aggravated impersonation of a police officer and armed robbery, according to a police report. Eiseman is a quick study. He knows illegal undocumented aliens carry cash and are scared of the cops. That makes extortion a breeze.

Police said the more recent arrest involves a different victim than a similar one a few weeks before where Eiseman was charged with trying to extort $400 per week from a Polish immigrant. He told the victim he was a Chicago police officer and would make him “disappear” if he didn’t pay up, police said. Eiseman isn’t interested in pretending to be a police officer exclusively. He also pretends to be a lawyer and a private eye.

The police report indicates that in the most recent incident, Eiseman wore a belt with a pistol in a holster and an unidentified type of police badge. He demanded $150 from a man in his 30s and threatened to arrest and take him to the police station. Eiseman told the man he was a private investigator, a lawyer and a police officer, according to the report.

In the March incident, the extortion allegedly went on for about a year before the victim cried out for help because he couldn’t pay his rent. He told his landlord he was coming up short because he was the victim of what he thought was extortion by a police officer. The landlord called the  Chicago P.D. Police arranged to go with the victim to meet with Eiseman the night of March 12.

At the meeting, the real cops asked Eiseman who he was, and he allegedly told them he was a cop. The cops turned out to be a little harder to fool than an immigrant worried about getting deported. Eiseman was immediately arrested and police found a loaded 9mm handgun, a baton, the badge and handcuffs.

Eiseman was charged with aggravated impersonation of a police officer and a weapons violations, the Cook County state’s attorney’s office said. “He took advantage of the fact that the victim was an immigrant and was unfamiliar with the Chicago Police Department,” Chicago Police Sgt. Charles Daly told the Chicago Sun Times in an interview.

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