atouk wrote:Do you have any case law to back up that?texas-sig wrote:Impersonating a peace officer.
The way I see it, if a security guard wearing a uniform (not issued by the government) and wearing a badge (not issued by the government) is not guilty of Impersonating a peace officer, then no reasonable person could think wearing a CHL badge (not issued by the government) is even halfway close to Impersonating a peace officer.
A few months back EPPD brought a guy in to book. The guy had no weapon according to the report but had a badge(PD kept it in their property so we never got to see what it looked like). The officer saw it when the offender pulled out his wallet to pay and the badge fell to the ground. He also had some outstanding warrants and munis but they also charged him with impersonating a peace officer. I have no idea what became of that case but with all the crazies out there that go as far as putting lights on their cars and stopping people (mostly females back about a year or so here) i can see how any silly badge can get you in trouble.