A car pulls up to a traffic light and the driver pulls out his cellphone.

What the driver doesn't realize is that man seemingly waiting for a bus on the nearby street corner is in fact a Hamilton police officer.

This officer then contacts a nearby uniformed officer by radio who pulls the car over and hands out a ticket.

This scenario has played out dozens of times across Hamilton's east end over the last few weeks as officers in that division worked on a special project called Traffic Watch.