News release
Queens County man facing multiple charges, including personating a police officer
January 8, 2026
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Cookville, Nova Scotia
From: Nova Scotia RCMP
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A Queens County man is facing charges after incidents of personating a police officer and theft of a truck.
On December 26, 2025, at approximately 9:20 p.m., a man approached an RCMP officer outside Cookville RCMP detachment. The man indicated he was an RCMP sergeant who had just been transferred to the detachment from another province. He then attempted to enter the detachment.
The man arrived at the detachment in a black Dodge Ram and was dressed in civilian attire. When the officer asked the man for RCMP identification, he advised he didn’t have any.
The officer quickly confirmed that no RCMP personnel had recently transferred into the detachment nor was anyone, outside of the officers on shift, expected to attend the detachment on that day; the officer safely arrested the man.
Lunenburg District RCMP has charged Christopher Allan MacLeod, 43 of Liverpool, with Personating a Peace Officer and Breach of Recognizance. He appeared in Bridgewater Provincial Court on December 29 and was released on conditions.
On January 1, at approximately 11:45 a.m., Queens District RCMP responded to a report of a stolen truck. Officers learned that an individual had entered a garage on Devonshire Rd. in West Caledonia and taken a dump truck. While officers were on their way to the property the truck had been taken from, they observed the vehicle on Hwy. 3 in Liverpool.
Officers conducted a traffic stop and safely arrested the driver, who was identified as Christopher MacLeod. The investigation indicates MacLeod entered the garage on December 31 and stayed overnight before taking the truck.
Queens District RCMP has charged MacLeod with Break and Enter with Intent, Theft of Motor Vehicle, Possession of Property Obtained by Crime and Fail to Comply with Order (two counts).
MacLeod appeared in Bridgewater Provincial Court on January 2 and was remanded into custody. He appeared again on January 7 and was ordered held until his next appearance on February 4.
The Nova Scotia RCMP reminds anyone with concerns about the identity of a police officer they're interacting with to ask the officer for identification or contact their local detachment's non-emergency line to determine if there is a police officer at their location. Call 911 in an emergency.
More information available here on police officer identification.
File #: 2025-1885917, 2026-2425