If you want to be a paramedic this bad, maybe go to school for it . . .

A 46-year-old guy in York, Pennsylvania named Peter Oldfield was trying to track down his girlfriend last Monday.  Apparently she broke up with him, moved out, and didn't tell him why.

So he jumped in his car . . . a red KIA SOUL with flashing lights on the roof.  And it's also covered in stickers that say things like, "Medical Emergency Team" and "Service Dog on Board."  So it looks like a very unofficial EMT vehicle.

He drove it to his girlfriend's old address . . . waited for her to show up . . . and THOUGHT she was in an SUV that pulled in.

So as it pulled away, he turned his lights on . . . pulled it over . . . walked up to the driver . . . and asked, "Are you Brooke's dad?"  But it wasn't Brooke's dad.

It turned out he had the wrong car.  And all three passengers were CITY COUNCIL members, who called the cops.  So he's facing charges for impersonating an officer.

Peter claims he wasn't trying to pull anyone over.  He was just trying to use the lights to get his girlfriend's attention.  But he also got arrested in 2012 for a similar incident, and had to plead no contest that time.  (Fox43)

(Here's his mugshot and his car.)