The Larimer County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday that the subject of the alleged police impersonation incident is a sworn deputy from Routt County.

The deputy contacted Larimer County Sheriff's Office agency Tuesday morning after seeing the composite sketch and media coverage of the incident.

Although his actions did arouse suspicion and alarm the 18-year-old who reported the incident, he is a law enforcement officer, so no crime was committed and no charges will be filed, the Larimer County Sheriff's Office said.

However, the Routt County Sheriff's office will conduct their own internal investigation

The 18-year-old girl told authorities that the man had approached her at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday while both were pumping gas at Sandy's Convenience store. The girl said that the man asked her for directions to Club Opulence and then told her to get in the car several times.

He asked her name, he asked her where she went to school and if she had a boyfriend, said Eloise Campanella, with the Larimer County Sheriff's Office.

When she refused to get in his vehicle, he circled the gas pumps twice, watching her, she said. The girl said that the man looked like a sheriff's deputy because he was wearing a black shirt with the word "sheriff" on the sleeves and a badge embroidered on the left chest. He was also wearing a hat with a badge on the front and the word "sheriff" on the back, the teen said.

She alerted the Larimer County Sheriff's Office and it alerted the public to a police impersonator who was on the prowl, approaching young women.

Larimer County has a history of police impersonators and, in the interest of public safety, Sheriff Jim Alderden said he believes his department was right to alert the media and the public about the suspected police impersonator.

"I would like to thank the members of the media for their quick response and for the part they played in locating the subject," Alderden said.

The matter has been referred to Routt County Sheriff’s Office who will conduct an internal affairs investigation.

The deputy involved is a probationary employee who has only been on a job for a few months.

Routt County Sherrif's office said they are taking this matter very seriously.

Once the internal investigation is completed, the results will be forwarded to the sheriff and undersheriff who will make the final decision on any disciplinary action.

The deputy has not been identified.