EVERETT — A convicted felon allegedly impersonating an Edmonds police detective at an active police scene in Bremerton on Friday is back in jail, police say.

Around 6:30 a.m. Friday, a 49-year-old Lacey man, wearing body armor with “POLICE” and “SWAT” logos and a metallic Edmonds police badge, arrived at an active police scene in an unmarked Ford Explorer with activated police lights. He identified himself to Bremerton officers an as off-duty Edmonds police detective, a Bremerton Police Department social media post said.

After a follow-up investigation, Bremerton police officers discovered he was not a police officer but a security guard at a nearby business and a convicted felon. The suspect has allegedly been committing law enforcement acts in the downtown corridor, the post said

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