Michigan teen posing as cop arrested after trying to pull over off-duty officer

A Michigan teenager pretending to be a police officer was busted Monday when he tried to tug over an off-duty cop and led arresting deputies on two separate chases.

Christian Katan Mansoor, 18, allegedly outfitted his silver BMW with flashing purple and blue lights in an try and go himself off as a Detroit cop, the Oakland County Sheriff mentioned Wednesday.

The teenager is accused of activating the pretend sirens whereas positioned behind one other automotive with a view to conduct a visitors cease round 11 p.m. in Rochester Hills, a metropolis roughly 25 miles north of Detroit.

Mansoor’s sufferer, an off-duty cop from a neighboring township, as a substitute drove away and referred to as him in as a doable police impersonator.

The unnamed officer adopted Mansoor and confronted him when he received out of his automotive.

When she recognized herself as a cop, he allegedly mentioned he was a Detroit officer from the twelfth precinct.

When pushed for identification, Mansoor promised to retrieve it from his automotive, however as a substitute hopped within the BMW and sped away, police mentioned.

The officer tried to observe Mansoor, however misplaced monitor of him when he flew by a trailer park.

Sheriff’s deputies later discovered the teenager when he was in the course of swapping the pretend cruiser’s license plates with one other BMW he owned.

Mansoor tried once more to flee arrest, however was arrested “after a brief foot chase.”

“People that pose as law enforcement officials current a menace to the general public and undermine reputable law-enforcement,” Sheriff Bouchard mentioned of {the teenager}.

Mansoor was arraigned Wednesday on the misdemeanor cost of impersonating a public officer. He was launched on a $5,000 private bond.