Theodore
A. Winski, 61, of 124 Jefferson St., Stamford, was arrested June 5 on a charge
of impersonating a police officer.
A
New Canaan police officer running radar at 5 p.m. on Oenoke Ridge saw a vehicle
traveling south with an expired registration, according to the report. The
officer stopped the white 2002 Buick Regal on Luke's Wood Road and as he
approached the driver, he noticed two navy blue police uniform shirts with a
Stamford police patch in the backseat, the report stated. When police asked
Winski where he was coming from, he said he "was on the job in
Stamford," according to police.
The
officer asked the man to see his police identification or badge, police said,
but Winski said he wasn't carrying either. The officer checked the status of
the suspect's license and found it was "suspended indefinitely,"
police said.
Upon
contacting the Stamford Police Department, police learned Winski had been an
officer in Stamford before but hasn't worked there in years, according to the
report.
In
the rear seat of the car, the officer also found a clipboard containing
summonses and police uniform pants, police said.
Wisnki
was issued misdemeanor summonses for operating an unregistered motor vehicle
and operating with a suspended license.
For
the criminal charge, he posted $5,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court