Hahahaaa, this is great. Ironic that the town's name is Surprise, too! Hahah classic!SURPRISE, Ariz. -- A man suspected of impersonating a police officer was arrested Tuesday after he stopped an off-duty Avondale officer and accused him of speeding, police said.
David Word was taken into custody at his home and booked into the Fourth Avenue Jail on one count of impersonating an officer.
Officer Mathew Lydic said he was en route to work at the Avondale Police Department when he heard heard a loud siren coming from a vehicle behind him near Avondale Boulevard and Van Buren Street.
Lydic said he noticed the driver of a black Crown Victoria was following him and trying to get him to pull over. Word pulled up next to Lydic's vehicle and told him he had caught the off-duty officer driving 75 mph on the freeway and between 60 to 65 mph on Avondale Boulevard.
Lydic said he then noticed the vehicle Word was driving, a black Crown Victoria, had red and yellow lights in the rear that were activated during the traffic stop.
Word asked Lydic to drive slower and Word then drove away, police said.
The off-duty officer said he was able to get Word's license plate number and learned it was registered to Word.
Surprise police tracked him down and during a telephone interview, Word said he remembered pulling Lydic over. He said he activated his rear lights to stop Lydic's vehicle from running into him while we was talking to Word, police said.
The Avondale Police Department later arrested Word without incident.
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