Alberta RCMP are warning the public after they say someone impersonated a Mountie near Fort McMurray.
A member of the public says a black suburban with red-and-blue lights pulled them over on Draper Road on Sunday around 7:30 p.m.
The person posing as an RCMP officer wore all black and sunglasses, but did not have any police identifiers, and called himself “Officer Tom.”
He asked the driver to leave the vehicle for a random search; the driver refused.
“Officer Tom” then demanded the driver leave the vehicle for a “breathalyzer” test, the citizen told police.
The driver again refused to leave their vehicle, but complied when the impersonator presented a roadside screening device similar to the one used by RCMP.
After the driver blew into the device, “Officer Tom” left before reading the result, heading out of Fort McMurray on Draper Road.
The driver immediately contacted RCMP, who patrolled the …