By Michael Walsh

Early Sunday morning at 2 a.m. New Britain Police reported an off-campus incident near Essex Apartments involving a man who allegedly impersonated a Connecticut State Trooper.

Witnesses described the person as a Caucasian male wearing glasses appearing to be in his mid-twenties. The man was described as being about 6’2”, weight around 200 pounds with short brown hair described as a crew cut.

The man was also driving a dark gray Ford Crown Victoria with a spot light and an antenna.

The CCSU police ask everyone to use caution when being pulled over by an either marked or unmarked police car. The crime alert advises that while if a police officer in a marked police vehicle uses his or her lights and siren you must pull over, but if you are unsure that it’s really a police officer because the car is unmarked, the person is not in uniform or they don’t use emergency lights, you should turn on your flashers, call 911 to confirm that it’s the police and drive slowly to the nearest police station or to a well-lit public area before pulling over.

New Britain Police ask anyone with information regarding the incident to contact their detective division at 860-826-3069 or the CCSU detective division at 860-832-2383. Anyone with information may also call the tip line at 860-832-2349.