A 38-year-old man was arrested Tuesday night after Port St. Lucie police said he posed as a law enforcement officer and attempted to pull over another driver.<\/p>\n
Police said officers were dispatched around 9:30 p.m. Jan. 13 to the intersection of Southwest Port St. Lucie Boulevard and Southwest Aster Avenue after a 911 caller reported being followed and stopped by a white Cadillac. The caller told dispatchers the driver claimed to be an off-duty police officer.<\/p>\n
When officers arrived, they saw the Cadillac parked behind another vehicle with flashing white lights activated, police said. Investigators determined the driver, identified as Daniel Beyzer, was not a law enforcement officer.<\/p>\n
Police said Beyzer had activated white strobe lights mounted inside his vehicle and displayed a badge while speaking with the occupants of the other car. Officers also observed signs that Beyzer was impaired while driving.<\/p>\n
A DUI investigation was conducted, including field sobriety exercises and a breath test, which showed Beyzer\u2019s blood-alcohol level exceeded the legal limit, police said.<\/p>\n
During an inventory search of the vehicle, officers found fixed-mounted white lights, a badge, handcuffs, a firearm and an open container of alcohol, according to police. All items were seized as evidence.<\/p>\n
Beyzer was arrested and charged with impersonating a law enforcement officer, driving under the influence and having an open container of alcohol in a vehicle.<\/p>\n
Police advised residents that anyone who is unsure whether a person attempting to stop them is a legitimate law enforcement officer should call 911 to verify the stop or request a supervisor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 38-year-old man was arrested Tuesday night after Port St. Lucie police said he posed as a law…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120311,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":{"0":"post-120310","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-port-st-lucie","8":"tag-port-st-lucie","9":"tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","10":"tag-port-st-lucie-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}