§ 2-84-500 — Unlawful representation as police officer - Penalty

2-84-500 Unlawful representation as police officer - Penalty.

No person shall falsely assume or pretend to be a policeman or a member of the department of police of this city, or, without being a member of the department of police of this city, wear in public the uniform adopted as the police uniform. No person shall counterfeit or imitate, or cause to be counterfeited or imitated, any badge, sign, signal or device adopted by the department of police. Nor shall any person use or wear any badge, sign, signal or device adopted or used by said department or any similar in appearance, without authority so to do from the board. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than $1,000.00 nor more than $1,500.00 for each offense. In addition to any other penalty imposed by law, anyone violating any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by incarceration in the county jail for a period not to exceed six months. (Prior code § 11-47; Amend Coun. J. 3-18-09, p. 56154, § 2)