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Video: Phony CA Cops Try to Pull Over Real Sergeant with Predictable Results

Two police-officer impersonators were arrested Tuesday after apparently picking the wrong person to victimize – an off-duty Irvine, CA, police sergeant, police said.

September 7, 2016

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Video: Armed 'Fake Cop' Busted by Real Georgia Officer

Off-duty East Point, GA, Officer Alan Hulet pulled over when he saw blue lights in his rearview mirror, but the driver with flashing strobe lights wasn't a real police officer. The situation came to a head when Collier pulled over and approached the officer's vehicle.

August 26, 2016

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Video: Vocal Atlanta Police Protester Busted for Impersonating an Officer

One of the most vocal leaders of an Atlanta group protesting police brutality has himself been arrested multiple times for impersonating a police officer.

August 16, 2016

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Case Against 3 Who Ran Fake Police Force Collapses; Phony Chief Dies

The case against three people accused of operating the bogus Masonic Fraternal Police Department partly collapsed on Monday when the charges against one defendant were dismissed and the organization's so-called chief suddenly died.

April 19, 2016

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Ohio Man Charged With Impersonating Police Officer

A former Clay Center, OH, police officer was charged with impersonating an officer in Toledo, city police said.

March 14, 2016

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Police Impersonator Pulls Over Real Sergeant in New Jersey

A New Jersey man was arrested on charges of impersonating a police officer after authorities say he pulled over an off-duty officer on the Garden State Parkway.

December 29, 2015

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New York Man Arrested for Illegal Weapons and Impersonating Air Marshal After Traffic Stop

Police on Long Island, acting on a tip that a man was impersonating a federal agent, stopped an SUV Thursday morning and found the driver had a fake federal air marshal ID in one pocket, a .380-caliber pistol in the other and body armor and a loaded AR-15 in his back seat.

December 7, 2015

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Off-Duty Postal Worker Shot by Police Impersonator in New Jersey

The victim was shot near the intersection of 18th and Winans avenues in Newark just before 4 a.m. According to U.S. Postal Inspector Greg Kliemisch, the officer was pulled over by individuals posing as Newark Police officers. There was a scuffle between the suspects and the officer, and the officer was shot.

November 12, 2015

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Video: Police Impersonator Pulls Over Texas Officer

Carlisle followed and called for backup. She said the suspect was speeding at times, faster than 100 mph, running red lights and running people off the road.

May 20, 2015

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Aide for California Attorney General Accused of Running Fictional Police Force

An aide to California Atty. Gen. Kamala D. Harris and two others are accused of operating a rogue police force that claimed to exist for more than 3,000 years and have jurisdiction in 33 states and Mexico, authorities said Tuesday.

May 6, 2015

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Video: Washington State Sex Offender Arrested for Impersonating Officer

A convicted sex offender is in jail after being accused of impersonating a police officer at least twice in Federal Way, Wash.

November 10, 2014

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Video: Ex Convict-Turned-Rabbi Busted for Posing as Police Officer

A former Brooklyn gang member who apparently became a Hasidic rabbi is facing dozens of charges after he allegedly posed as a law enforcement officer in a case that prosecutors call "one of the strangest" they've seen.

October 17, 2014