Okotoks RCMP are investigating a complaint of a stranger possibly posing as a police officer who approached a child in a residential area and offered her a ride home.
Mounties say around 3:45 p.m. Thursday, the woman drove up to an 11-year-old girl near Clark Street and Wilson Avenue.
“She approached the girl who was walking home. She asked if she could give her a ride and showed her a badge,” said Sgt. Sukh Randhawa, adding the woman was not in uniform and her vehicle did not have any kind of law enforcement insignia.
“We don’t know whether she is a police officer or not, who she is, whether she is with the RCMP, the Calgary city police. That’s why we’re concerned.”
The girl declined the ride, and went home to tell her parents what happened, Randhawa said, adding she was unharmed in the incident.
Police are now searching for the suspect, described as a woman with darker skin, short brown hair, and driving a newer model four-door truck that was silver or grey in colour.
Randhawa said there have been at least two other instances of people in the community posing as officers in the past.
“It poses a threat out there in terms of somebody impersonating a police officer,” he said.
“We are a bit cautious about it and we’re trying to reach out to the public, if they come across any information regarding this or others, to reach out to the RCMP.”
