Florida man arrested for impersonating law enforcement after pulling over off-duty officer

According to Fox 35

A Central Florida man was arrested for impersonating law enforcement after he pulled over an off-duty officer, authorities said.

The Casselberry Police Department said that on March 29th, an officer was dispatched to Red Bug Lake Road and State Road 436 in reference to a suspicious incident. An off-duty police officer said that he was pulled over by a man in a white Ford Explorer, equipped with a push bumper and emergency lighting, resembling an unmarked police vehicle.

They said that the vehicle pulled behind the off-duty officer, using strobing lights and a P.A. system to tell him to “slow down.” He went on to pull next to the off-duty officer, rolled down his window, and once again said that he needed to slow down.

The off-duty officer reportedly went on to contact law enforcement and follow the white Ford Explorer, flashing his lights. He eventually came to a stop and the off-duty officer told the man to remain in his vehicle. Shortly after, a Florida Highway Patrol officer arrived.

The man was then identified as 40-year-old Omar Forde, the Police Department said. He was wearing a tactical vest with a silver badge, a duty belt carrying a holstered handgun, and a taser, and he had a patch that stated ‘criminal taskforce.’

 

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