Fake cop tries to intimidate man, who turns out to be a real cop

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An alleged cop impersonator’s act dialed up the wrong number in a Pueblo West cellphone store Monday when the man he was trying to bluff was a law enforcement detective himself.

Roland Herrera, 63, of an unnamed town in Texas, was arrested on suspicion of impersonating a peace officer after he allegedly told a detective that he was a cop.

According to the Pueblo County Sheriff’s Office, the undercover detective was in the wireless service store speaking to a clerk about his cellphones. While there he was approached by a man who identified himself as law enforcement.

The report stated that Herrera asked the deputy, “Why do you have so many phones? Are you a drug dealer?”

The detective didn’t answer but Herrera persisted.

The report states that Herrera then identified himself as “a cop” and ordered the detective to turn over his drugs to him.

The detective asked the individual to show him his credentials and again the man told the detective to “give him the drugs”.

The detective then turned the tables on Herrera.

He showed Herrera his own law enforcement credentials and advised him he was under arrest for impersonation of a peace officer. Herrera was being held at the Pueblo County jail in lieu of $25,000 bail.