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Kentucky Revised Statutes · § 164.980 — Impersonation of police officer prohibited

164.980. Impersonation of police officer prohibited

No person shall falsely represent himself to be a police officer, agent or employee of a police department of a public institution of postsecondary education and in such assumed character, arrest, or detain, or search, or question, in any manner the person or property of any person, nor shall any person without the authority of the governing board of the public institution of postsecondary education wear its official uniform, insignia, badge, or identification of the department.

Source notes

Effective: June 25, 2013

History and annotations

Amended 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 22, sec. 8, effective June 25, 2013. -- Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 367, sec. 7(1).

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