CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – A man has been arrested for allegedly impersonating a police officer after he was busted by a Clarksville Police Detective.
According to a news release from CPD, Ronald Taylor entered Golden Corral on Wilma Rudolph Blvd. Thursday evening. While he was ordering food, he produced a concealed handgun and badge and said to the clerk that “the drink is usually free.”
A CPD Detective, who was in front of Taylor in the line, asked him if he was a police officer. Taylor confirmed that he was a police officer and said he was with DHS, the Department of Homeland Security, and was in town on some business.
Police later determined that Taylor is an insurance agent in Kentucky with a concealed permit and badge from the State of Kentucky.
Taylor was in possession of a loaded Springfield XD 45 and a loaded Ruger 380 handgun.
He was arrested and booked into the Montgomery County Jail on an Impersonating a Police Officer charge. His bond was set at $500.
