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There is a limited body of research concerning police impersonation. [1] Some scholars suggest that police impersonation may weaken public confidence in law enforcement and trust in authority, "particularly if victims believe that the event was a 'legitimate' police action undertaken by a corrupt cop." [1]
Impersonating a public servant, impersonating a public officer or impersonating a public official is a crime or misdemeanor in several jurisdictions. It consists of pretending to hold a public office and exercise that authority or attempt to induce another person to do something.
The authority for use of police power under American Constitutional law has its roots in English and European common law traditions. [3] Even more fundamentally, use of police power draws on two Latin principles, sic utere tuo ut alienum non laedas ("use that which is yours so as not to injure others"), and salus populi suprema lex esto ("the welfare of the people shall be the supreme law ...
Impersonating a public servant, as in the examples of recent incidents provided by Dallas police, is a third-degree felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison. Show comments Advertisement
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She described the suspect to police as a tall African-American. However, Southgate Police Department determined, early in their investigation, that the story did not add up. Teen charged with ...
Dewitte was charged in 2001 with impersonating a police officer, while a member of a police explorers’ program. [8] His 2003 impersonation of a police officer resulted in an almost two year state jail sentence. [5] In 2005 he was arrested for sexual battery of a victim between 12 and 15 years old, mandating him to register as a sex offender. [5]
Investigators in Florida are describing what we have to imagine is one of those all-time facepalm. They say a 20-year-old man impersonated a police officer by trying to pull over an actual police ...