Police impersonator pulls over woman on Interstate 65 near Crown Point, Indiana

A 46-year-old woman told police she was driving southbound on Interstate 65 around 5:50 p.m. Sunday just north of the 109th Street Crown Point exit when a black SUV pulled her over using red and blue lights on the dashboard. A man wearing a dark battle dress uniform with no identifying patches and possibly a bullet-proof vest under his shirt approached the woman's driver's side window and told her she was driving too fast.

It is illegal in the State of Indiana for an unmarked police car with an officer out of their official uniform to make a traffic stop for a traffic infraction unless they are in full uniform. The release said a law enforcement officer can make a traffic stop for traffic infractions in civilian clothes if they are operating a fully marked police car. Anyone that was in the area Sunday around 5:50 pm and possibly witnessed the traffic stop is being asked to contact Indiana State Police Trooper Danielle Elwood at 219-696-6242.