DENVER POLICE DEPARTMENT

Gerald R. Whitman, Chief of Police

The mission of the Denver Police Department is to deliver high quality public
safety services so all people may share a safe and healthy environment.

PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
Date: August 30, 2010
To: All Denver Police Officers, Media, Denver City
Council, and Denver Community Associations.
Contact: Sonny Jackson
Address: Office of the Chief
1331 Cherokee St., Denver, CO 80204
Phone: 720-913-6534
Fax: 720-913-7021

Denver Police want the community to be aware of an incident involving

a police impersonator. Today at 12:30 p.m., the suspect approached a
man while he stood at the bus stop at Colfax Avenue and Corona
Street. The suspect told the victim he was under arrest and
handcuffed him behind his back. The suspect patted the victim down
and asked him where he lived. When the victim started questioning
the suspect as to whom he was, the suspect showed a badge on a
chain hanging around his neck for a second and told the victim he was
a police officer. When the victim began to protest, the suspect took
the handcuffs off the victim and walked away, last seen South bound in
the 1400 block of Corona St. He did not have a radio and no vehicle
was seen.

The suspect was described as a White male, in his 50’s, 5’8”, 170-
pounds, Short Gray Hair and Mustache, Wearing a Hawaiian Type Multi-
Color Shirt, Blue Jeans and had a Gray Bag on a Sling Over his
Shoulder.

If you have any information regarding this suspect or this incident,

please contact The Denver Police Department at 720-913-2000 or call
Crime Stoppers at 720-913-STOP (7867). You can text to: CRIMES
(274637) then title DMCS and enter your message or send an e-mail to
metro-denvercrimestoppers.com. If the information you provide leads
to the arrest and charging of a wanted individual, you can receive a
cash award up to $2,000.
Sonny Jackson