INDIANAPOLIS -- Investigators are looking to arrest an Illinois man they say impersonated a police officer at Riley Hospital for Children twice. According to a probable cause affidavit, the man, later identified as Ronnie Howard, dressed in a bulletproof vest and duty belt, walked into Riley to visit a patient on Aug. 29. Court documents say he aroused suspicion among real officers – but wasn't told to leave for nine hours. After Howard signed the logbook around 7 a.m., an IU Health Public Safety officer said although he wasn't wearing a gun, "something didn't feel right about him." Court documents say another officer looked around the hospital for a while with no luck, and returned to work. Then around 4 p.m. that same day, the same officer spotted Howard and reportedly asked him about his gear. Investigators say Howard flashed a security badge and told the officer, "I make arrests, I lock people up, that's what I do." According to the probable cause affidavit, officers said Howard was at Riley Hospital for Children to visit his girlfriend's child, and that he was wearing three pairs of handcuffs on his belt, a pepper ball magazine and had a Taser cartridge. Howard was asked by police not to return with all the gear on. Court documents show two of the three security companies Howard claimed to work for told detectives Howard had been terminated. "It's just a really odd situation," said Doug Kouns, a former FBI agent and CEO of Veracity IIR. Kouns read over the case, and said incidents like this can erode the public's trust. "It's like, how do I know you're a real cop? So when the real cop approaches you, you're suspicious that he's not," explained Kouns. "Maybe you’re not going to be as cooperative, and maybe it’s going to escalate to a situation that didn’t need to be." One month after the first incident, court documents say IU Health officers at the main entrance of Riley noticed red and blue flashing lights from a civilian vehicle. Recognizing Howard, the officers told him he couldn't flash the vehicle's lights if he wasn't a police officer. The court docs say Howard became "confrontational," confirmed he did not work for a police department and began to drive forward. When an officer asked Howard to step out of the car, opening the driver door in the process, court docs say Howard grabbed the door, forcefully pulled it shut and drove off. IU Health declined our request for an interview but shared the following statement: "While we can’t share information about specific incidents, we can tell you that the Indiana University Health Department of Public Safety (DPS) team provides 24/7 coverage on the IU Health and Riley campuses to keep our facilities safe for team members, patients and visitors. The IU Health DPS follows standard policies and procedures for anyone who presents as law enforcement, including confirming valid identification." IU Health spokesperson To anyone wondering how to determine whether a security officer you may be talking to is legitimate, Kouns advises to go with your instinct, and adds there's nothing wrong with respectfully asking for proof. "I don't know what his intent was for wearing all that stuff around the hospital, but it could've been worse," said Kouns. "So just keep that in mind. And it doesn't hurt to ask questions." Howard faces a felony charge of impersonating a public servant.