BEL AIR, Md. — The motorists are really cops and the guns aren’t actually real, but in real life, the pair of teens getting out of a marked squad car could be putting their lives on the line just pulling over a vehicle.

“It puts them in our shoes and they are really nervous. They don’t know what they’re walking up on,” Sgt. Brian O’Neil of the Harford County Sheriff’s Office instructs us.

“Hello, sir,” says 14-year-old Jaccob Morales as he approaches the driver’s side door.

“Gun! Gun! Gun! Gun!” hollers his partner, 17-year-old Ryleigh Zimmerman.

“Step out of the vehicle! Hands up!” shouts the Perry Hall High School freshman as he unholsters his fake handgun,

“Take off your seatbelt and step out of the car!”

High school students participating in the Harford County Sheriff’s Office’s

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