Report: Cop in Atlanta wore uniform to sneak into Patriots' Super Bowl facility originally appeared on nbcsportsboston.com

A police captain in Atlanta reportedly designed a plot to sneak into a Super Bowl facility to take pictures and videos-a scheme that would likely make Bill Belichick proud.

According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, DeKalb County police academy director Curtis Williams, hoping to get close to the New England Patriots players when they were in town for Super Bowl LIII, put on his uniform while off duty and made his way to a restricted area near the team hotel.

"A [police] investigation found that Williams, who is a Patriots fan, was in uniform when he filmed Patriots team members. A city of Atlanta employee doing planning work during Super Bowl week alerted the police department to Williams' presence at the hotel.

'Captain Williams stated although he was off duty and not assigned to a special detail, he wore his uniform because he believed the uniformed appearance would increase his chances of meeting players and coaches,' the report stated."



Furthermore, "[Williams] drove to the hotel in his police car with his fiancé and was able to get into an area blocked off to the public. Williams can be seen on video taken by a TV station from Boston of the Patriots arriving. He also took photos of cars in the hotel parking deck with signs that said 'reserved for Tom Brady,' according to the report."

Williams was reportedly not assigned to Super Bowl duty, or otherwise had a legitimate reason to be in the secured areas.

This is especially notable after it was discovered two years ago that a Mexican media member abused his credentials to gain unauthorized access to the Patriots' locker room after Super Bowl LI, and stole Tom Brady's Super Bowl LI jersey, which was later recovered along with stolen memorabilia from other Super Bowls.

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