{"id":663158,"date":"2026-05-11T22:29:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T22:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/663158\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T22:29:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T22:29:10","slug":"winnipeg-police-looking-for-woman-who-allegedly-impersonated-police-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/663158\/","title":{"rendered":"Winnipeg police looking for woman who allegedly impersonated police officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winnipeg police are looking for a woman who allegedly falsely identified herself as a police officer while trying to steal something from someone\u2019s home in April.<\/p>\n<p>WPS says around 8:45 a.m. on April 2, the woman in question is believed to have gone to a house along Alburg Drive near Tralee Place.<\/p>\n<p>While at the home, the woman allegedly identified herself as a police officer and tried to force her way past the homeowner in an attempt to steal something. The woman was unsuccessful in her attempt and drove off in a grey or silver Chevrolet Cobalt.<\/p>\n<p>It is believed that she was accompanied by a second vehicle \u2014 a blue Hyundai Palisade.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"434\" height=\"218\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778538549_634_ve2-Picture3-brightened-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-581969\" style=\"width:1027px;height:auto\"  \/>Blue Hyundai Palisade. (Courtesy: Winnipeg Police Service)<\/p>\n<p>Police are investigating the matter and are asking if anyone has any information, including security, cell phone, or dashcam video, to contact investigators at 204-986-6219 or Crime Stoppers at 204-786-7488.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Winnipeg as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=winnipeg.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778261834_283_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Winnipeg police are looking for a woman who allegedly falsely identified herself as a police officer while trying&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":663159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-663158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=663158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/663159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=663158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=663158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=663158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}