on Monday May 13th 2024 a New Mexico state police officer was out on patrol when he was called to assist an Eddie County Deputy on a traffic stop the deputy had conducted a traffic stop on the driver who showed signs of impairment yeah so I'll tell you a minute right now I do have [Music] do you have anything in your mouth and any gum want to how quick do you think relatively it's going to take minutes what's our what's our time so we don't have a time it just we can't be here all night you know and I can't be here morning me personally I don't need more than 10 while talking to the passengers the male in the back seat asked how they do DWI here before stating he was an officer with the Texas Department of Public Safety I know some Troopers myself curious when the deputy and officer began asking questions about his employment at Texas DPS the male story began to quickly fall apart huh I mean it's a law en Force law enforce but let go broy you guys able to get a you guys still trying to get do you have a license on your buy do you have an ID card on you anything okay you just follow me over your road on my 10 for I'm going to give you 21 right now so you just joined DPS yes sir about 2 months ago barly oh nice nice yes sir who's right there bro by the front of the girl what's your name bro the male was identified as Michael velos Vos the officer contacted his dispatch who then contacted Texas DPS to verify if Michael was an officer which turned up that he was not hey it's 365 can you see if Texas DPS has an employee named Al BOS yeah yeah he's claiming to be an officer so he can get like benefits and to be nice and I was like hey bro don't don't impersonate so we're trying we're trying to we're trying Alex Vos thank you man where you stationed at with what county are you station at uh in uh Odessa Odessa yeah Hector County where'd you get station out of like just for reserves or you just got you just come straight home well I did my uh and oh nice so I did my which one was better home yeah did you do four years or just two I did four years see I was supposed to done six because I just went in guard you know just for and then I Fu my man oh yeah did you get the VA benefits out of it I did but only only 60% for my KN that's good 30% for health oh nice nice you know something I till this day I still want to go back oh yeah what's keeping you from that or just I you here for the little ones and family yeah I over saying it was it's been a little rough it's always sad to see a sibling like that man it is but you know yeah yes ma'am four thank you man Mar sorry loed out no huh no no he's not M okay you you want to manand talk the other card yeah you're not under arrest or anything right now I just got to read you this cuz I just got to ask you a couple questions you know having these rights in mind you wish should talk to me now yes sir so I just got to ask you now again man you told me in this Deputy earlier that you're with Texas DPS and you said you were there for how long 2 months Man 2 months two months and you're not lying to me about that man no sir you're not lying no sir uhuh so when did you graduate their academy uh oh November November yes sir which class number all right man I'm giving you a chance right now don't lie to me I'm not lying you're not lying to me man you said you're there how long 2 months it's not what you told me when we at the car that's that's what I told you sir what did I tell you 24 years H 24 years no I told you I was in the military for 4 years cuz I how how long were you at trooper at four years and then you told me that you had military no military 4 years and what was your name Alex Alex Vos okay bro I just have you face my unit real quick bro right now man put your directly you are going to be under arrest impersonating an officer man we my dispatch just spoke with Texas TPS that's why I asked you for your name and where you were stationed at you're not in their database to be any of their Troopers or any of their officers that's why I gave you the second opportunity man just to tell me the truth and you continue to lie to me in this step Don't wor them quick I'm get some gloves 365 I going to have Mr Alex 1015 for person Texas I done that that I don't know you don't have anything in your pockets F me brother you talking about military man what they taught you I know in the military they teach you Integrity don't lie man like go him I I'm in I mean I get if you're nervous and stuff dude but that's why I try to give you I'm in the training man and I I just physical it's taking me two mon you know what I mean yeah I'm but yeah just cuz you're in the background or the hiding process whatever V do not make it hey there's not makeing off for I'm going to leave you a little watch on bro on your earrings bro I'm not I'm not too big about the piercings and the Jew your brother right okay we just follow back over here you just have a sit from me real quick bro thank you bro don't worry I'll get that out of here so that way it don't smell with you it's not even mine it's this homies just going to put this around you real quick just going uh what's your date of birth Mr Vos 365 so how do you sp your last name [Music] uh out of Texas can you uh name a date of birth for the copy it's going to be Alex velos was it's V it's v l l Oz yes sir last name is gonna be Victor Edward Lincoln ocean zebra your date of birth was out of New Mexico did you have one drink or two man I can smell it off of you they they picked me up to take me home man oh but you didn't drink with them no I didn't it's not the drinking has nothing to do with this it just me asking cuzz I can smell it off of you that's why no no yeah I yeah I been drinking and I told him to come pick me up you know some buddies and I told him to come pick me up you know yeah the more more reasonable you know know dii and stuff yeah yeah like I told him man I'm like I'm in the process of doing that and that's why I told him you know he asked me and I was like hey man like I don't want this to interfere with with me you know go ahead you don't know your social yes sir negative man he doesn't know it cool I'm going close real quick bro all right oh [Music] [ __ ] hello what's up he told me it was Alex unless he gave me the wrong name only H the captain Chavez did he say his brother was Michael who's Michael to him he's not name Michael Anthony Derek and Dominic those are his brothers what his name's actually Alex or is it Michael well he told me his name's Alex he's telling me his name's Alex can yeah can you run and see can I see the picture yeah yeah that's him hey Mar sir his name is Michael bro what's up his name is Michael oh been him is Al Alexander so that's probably what he was telling me Alex but Michael yeah that's him that's 7 is that 79 only out of Chavez or here too Michael also had an active warrant out of Chavez County for a traffic infraction 10f can you get that confirmed as well ma' thank you man thank you wait there's more well that wasn't a very smart move onf yeah nope dude and I even ask like be cool the rough and he's like oh I'm stationed over there out of Midland and stuff and I'm like bro they just told me you're not a trooper man why you he just kept adding on top of it oh by the way he did tell me here I asked him I said when when he walked over here asked him hey and it was all recording I said Hey why' You Lie he says I be fat man like I'm just in the training I heard him okay he told me right now too so he admitted he's not he he's not yeah he's not so but I guess he's in the he's training to he's training me he say I think I think what he's trying to mention I'm training to retire too like your dad no kidding Michael was transported and booked into the artisia Detention Center on one count of impersonating an officer and his warrant court records indicate Michael pled not guilty before the prosecutor dismissed the charge 3 months later online court records don't indicate what the reason for the dismissal was