Police Impersonator
On January 28, 2008 at approximately 1:30p.m. in the 3500 block of Colorado Boulevard the suspect pulled over a female driver. He claimed he was pulling her over for speeding. He took her license and registration and went back to his vehicle. He returned to the victim’s car a short time later and instructed her to get out of her vehicle. She complied and he placed her in handcuffs and put her in the back of his vehicle. He got into the victim’s car and appeared to search it. He came back to the victim and instructed her to get out of his vehicle. He then removed the handcuffs from her and returned her license and registration. The suspect got back in his vehicle drove eastbound on 35th Avenue. When the victim got in her car she realized her money and some other items had been stolen.
The suspect was described as a white male, about 6-feet tall, 185-pounds, appeared to be between 22 and 29 year old, brown, short hair, brown eyes, clean shaven, wearing a dark blue shirt that read “police” on the front left chest. He had a radio on his waist. He was driving a white 4-door car, unknown model, with a red light on the roof of the driver’s side.
On January 18, 2008, the suspect pulled over two men driving in the 500 block of Santa Fe Street. The suspect told the victim’s to step out of their vehicle and then he searched them. He took both of their wallets. He had walked them back to his car and the victim’s saw what appeared to be a computer in the vehicle, but did not see or hear a police radio. The person never told them what he stopped them for. The suspect told the victim’s to get back in the vehicle and then the suspect drove off.
The suspect described as a white male, about 6-feet tall, approximately 200-pounds, blond hair, blue eyes, with a mustache and big cheeks. He was wearing a beige colored sweatshirt or jacket with a hood on the back and the jacket had a police cloth badge or emblem on it. The suspect had a gun, short baton, and some type of ammunition case on his belt. He appeared to be around 40 years old. The vehicle appeared to be the same type and style of our police cars. It was a white unmarked Ford with some type of push bumpers on the front of it. It had red and blue lights in the corners of the front headlights, red and blue lights up by the sun visor or rear view mirror inside the car, and then red and blue lights in the rear of the car by the back window. A cage was also observed inside the vehicle.
Safety Tips:
If you suspect that an individual is not a police officer, maintain current speeds, obey all traffic laws, and proceed to the nearest police station.
If you feel the need to pull over quickly, drive to well illuminated area or densely populated location before stopping.
Look for markings on the vehicle.
Use your cell phone to contact police if you suspect the person attempting to stop you is not a legitimate police officer.
Ask the dispatcher to send a supervisor to your location in marked police car.
Ask for credentials, a police photo identification card along with the police badge (not a business card).
Denver Police Officers will rarely make a traffic stop out of full police uniform.
