A Manitoba man has been charged after allegedly impersonating a police officer, which allowed him access to a community on lockdown.
On May 8, the man approached a security check point heading into Waywayseecappo First Nation with a vehicle looking exactly like a police car, complete with police interceptor badging and bars in the rear windows and said he was an officer.
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Access to Waywayseecappo is limited due to COVID-19 restrictions.
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He would return to the checkpoint later on, asked a female employee for identification and said he wanted to detain the employee for a search, but quickly said he was kidding and drove off.
On May 13, police attended a home in Rossburn and arrested the man without incident. A 2014 retired Ford Taurus Police Interceptor was seized. The car had bars on the rear windows and a set of red and blue LED flashing lights.
The 45-year-old man has been charged with Personation of a Peace Officer.
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