Police hunt for phony cop car pulling over drivers

For the second time in two days officials are investigating reports that a driver pretending to be a police officer pulled over a Calgary motorist.

The latest incident happened in Ranchlands in the northwest.

The driver of the bogus police car is described as an Asian man in his mid-20s with dark hair and a toque. He had a Caucasian male passenger, police said.

A silver car with flashing blue and red lights has been involved in each case.

Duty Staff Sgt. Guy Baker said investigators are taking the complaints seriously.

"Members of the public extend a large amount of trust to their police department who are well trained, who treat members of the public with respect, dignity and safety," he said.

"And now we have people that are untrained, for unknown reasons trying to pull over our citizens. And so this is alarming to us and we certainly want to be able to apprehend these individuals."

At about 2:30 a.m. on Wednesdaymorning a woman driving on Palliser Drive S.W. was pulled over by a phony police car.

A man wearing green sweatpants approached her with a flashlight, but she became suspicious and drove away to call 911.

A short time later, a silver sedan with flashing lights pulled over another car, but drove away before anyone actually approached the driver.

It is a serious offence to impersonate an officer, police said.