DALE CITY, Va. — A brown Buick with blue lights on the dashboard – that’s the car of a possible police impersonator who stopped a woman in Dale City.
The man driving the car pulled over a 48-year-old woman in the area of Dale Boulevard and Ridgefield Road between noon and 1 p.m. Wednesday.
According to police, the man in the Buick activated blue flashing lights on his dashboard, stopped the woman, got out of his car and walked up to her, asked to see her license, and then told the woman to “slow down.”
He never identified himself as a police officer, or told her why he stopped her, but he did display a gold badge, said Prince William police spokesman Jonathan Perok.
Police urge anyone who is unsure if they are being stopped by an actual police officer to pull over in a safe, well lit public area, and call the non-emergency line at 703-792-6500.
The man was described as black, between 30 and 40 years old, 5 feet 8 inches tall, 200 pounds, with a medium build, short black hair and a mustache.
The report of the possible imposter comes as an old Prince William police cruiser sits on a car lot on U.S. 1 in North Stafford. It’s clearly not the car described in this case, but to anyone familiar with the unique blue color of Prince William police cruisers, it’s clear it’s an old police car.
When these cars are put out of service, decals, lights, sirens, and the car’s radio are removed, said Perok.
This particular car has sat on this North Stafford car lot since at least spring.
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