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Posted Jun 20, 2012, 11:01 am
Tucson police have located a man and woman said to have impersonated law enforcement officers on multiple occasions over the past six months.
A vehicle equipped with police lights and a siren has been impounded, TPD spokesman Sgt. Chris Widmer said in a news release Wednesday.
Police uniforms and equipment were seized, he said.
The pair are suspected of using the vehicle to conduct traffic stops between Dec 11, 2011 and June 10, he said.
The couple have not been arrested, but charges are pending, Widmer said.
Police are not releasing the couple's names and descriptions, nor details on the type of vehicle, for investigative reasons, Widmer said.
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3 comments on this story
@Dylan Smith
Once this story broke, I never understood why TPD would withhold details. If there’s a couple of idiots running around impersonating cops, I think the public would have been best-served with a description. Instead of the public mistrusting all cops, they can limit their mistrust to those meeting a certain description. I would say that police impersonators could be interpreted as a threat to the public, and the public has a right to all the info they need to protect themselves from said threat.
But, that’s just me…
@Bret Linden
ID as in “they say they know who they are,” rather than “they’re telling the public their names.”
Informed conjecture: Given the number and nature of the alleged incidents, the police are probably withholding that info to help determine which of the witnesses who’ve come forward are credible. If you can properly describe them and their vehicle, you’re more likely to be a victim. Police get a lot of false leads in cases - I don’t always like it when they won’t answer questions, but sometimes I can understand why.
No disrespect on this one, but….huh?