Mitt Romney used to impersonate police officers for fun

A former classmate of Mitt Romney has spilled the beans about the GOP presidential hopeful’s collegiate past of impersonating a police officer. He is said to have pulled people over under false authority, and even went so far as to issue tickets.

Robin Madden is a television producer and was a former friend and classmate of Mitt Romney while they both attended Stanford University in the 1960s. He candidly recalls the incident during an interview featured on The National Memo, “Come up, I want to show you something.” said Romney. When they entered Romney’s room there was “laid out on his bed a Michigan State Trooper’s uniform.” Madden recalls.

The story doesn’t stop there. Madden went on to specifically recount the tale told by Romney. He claims Mitt said “he had gotten the uniform from his father. He told us that he was using it to pull over drivers on the road. He also had a red flashing light that he would attach to the top of his white Rambler.”

A New York Times article confirms the allegations, stating that “He staged an elaborate formal dinner in the median strip of a busy thoroughfare,” and another time “dressed up in a uniform similar to that worn by a police officer, put a flashing red ‘cherry top’ on his car, and raced after a vehicle carrying two of his male friends and their dates. By prearrangement, the friends had stashed beer bottles in the trunk and knew that Romney would pretend to be an officer chasing them. The dates had no idea of the plot.”

Impersonating a police officer is a crime in every state, including California where Stanford University is located. Specifically it carries a penalty of up to a year in jail, and a $15,000 fine.