VANCOUVER Police in B.C. s Interior are thanking the public for tips about an alleged cop impersonator pulling people over in the region, but they say four of the incidents they ve been warned about were traffic stops conducted by a legitimate officer. Mounties first warned about a fake officer after an incident that happened in B.C. s Boundary region on March 21. The Midway RCMP detachment and the BC RCMP s Southeast District put out a news release asking the public to be vigilant and notify police of any more sightings. In a news release Wednesday, police said four additional motorists came forward to report suspicious encounters near Lumby.
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RCMP said a fulsome review of each of those incidents has allowed GIS investigators to confirm those contacts were in fact carried out by a uniformed police officer.
RCMP said in a media release Wednesday, recent traffic stops in the Lumby area in the North Okanagan were indeed made by an officer, and not a a suspected police impersonator.
RCMP issued a rare public notification and plea for vigilance surrounding a suspected police impersonation incident on March 21, 2021 in the Boundary region, that led to four additional motorists coming forward with encounters outside of Lumby just a week prior.