Three police departments in Burlington County are hoping you've seen something that can help them find and arrest men who have been posing as officers and rifling through motorists' belongings this month.

Florence, Burlington and Delanco townships are all on the lookout for suspects in separate incidents who claimed to be police officers, stopped a vehicle and searched the driver.

Nothing was taken in the incidents, and the impersonators' descriptions differ in each.

It's not clear if the incidents were related or if authorities are trying to determine a link between them. When asked about any common threads among the traffic stops, a county prosecutor's office spokesman said: "We are aware of the incidents."

Not all the encounters were violent, but in one a man brandished a gun, while in another, a group of three men slammed a driver to the ground and kicked him.

All of the encounters have been in the dark, with two around midnight and another before sunrise.

No arrests have been made so far.

In Florence Township

On April 4, a man was delivering bread to a local business off Broad Street just after 5 a.m. There, a man in a dark-colored polo with a gold insignia on the left breast, and black pants, approached the delivery driver and pointed a gun at him. The man also had a holster on his hip.

He questioned the driver on what he was doing, and searched his pockets. The man asked to search the vehicle, too, Capt. Jonathan Greenberg said.

The driver complied with the searches but later called the real police and gave them a very detailed description of what happened.

"He was following what he thought to be the police officer's directions at the time," Greenberg said. "Obviously this is not all common practice of law enforcement. We would need much more probable cause than that."

The driver was not up to anything suspicious, and any cop familiar with the area at that time of the morning would get to know routines like the bread deliveries, Greenberg added.

The "officer" did not take anything, but left the scene in a newer dark-colored Ford Taurus that the victim said looked like an unmarked police car. It wasn't from Florence's police department or any nearby departments, Greenberg said -- they checked.

In Delanco

WARNING: On April 7, 2018 at 12:10am, Delanco Police received an anonymous report that two white males on foot posing... Posted by Delanco Township Police Department on Monday, April 9, 2018

Three days later, on April 7, two white men waving flashlights stopped a driver on Burlington Avenue in Delanco. They were standing in the middle of the road around 12:10 a.m. when they ordered the driver out of the vehicle and searched him. The men then left the area on foot.

Delanco police put out a warning after receiving an anonymous report describing the stop. So far, they have not heard from anyone else who has witnessed a similar incident, Chief Jesse DeSanto said.

"We were unable to find a link positively to any other incidents in the county," DeSanto said.

In Burlington Township

The most violent of the incidents came on April 12, when three men stopped a driver on the Burlington Bypass.

A large dark-colored Chevrolet or GMC SUV with emergency lights on the front windshield and bumper pulled over a 28-year-old man from Willingboro.

Three men got out of the SUV and grabbed the man out of the vehicle, looked through his pockets for money and then threw him to the ground. They kicked the man before leaving in the SUV, heading toward Fountain Avenue.

The man suffered minor injuries and was treated at Lourdes Medical Center.

What to do

Greenberg offered some tips if a police impersonator were to strike again. For one, try to pull over somewhere well-lit and populated, where other people can see you.

Also, if an unmarked car is pulling you over, chances are a uniformed officer will be in the car, Greenberg said.

Other departments that have posted tips suggest asking to see an officer's badge and making sure you are advised of the reason for the stop if you are unsure.

Each department is still seeking tips on the incidents:

Florence can be reached at 609-499-3131 or 609-267-8300. They have an anonymous tip line

Burlington Township is asking anyone with information to contact Detective Ruben Ortiz-Cruz at 609-386-2019 or

Delanco Police can be reached at 856-461-0357 or at their anonymous tip line

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