Impersonating a public servant

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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. [1] [2] [3] [4] There have for example been charges for impersonating a fire inspector, [5] a city code compliance officer, [6] a child protective services official, [7] and ICE agents. [8] [9]

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  1. ↑ "Impersonating a Public Officer | False Impersonation". DC Criminal Lawyer. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  2. ↑ "Impersonating A Public Servant". Fienman Defense. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  3. ↑ "German Criminal Code (Strafgesetzbuch – StGB)". www.gesetze-im-internet.de. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  4. ↑ "Swedish Penal Code, Chapter 17, Section 15" (PDF). Government.se. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
  5. ↑ lehighvalleylive.com, Kurt Bresswein | For (2022-08-09). "'Fire inspector' in Wind Gap charged with impersonating public servant, cops say". lehighvalleylive. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  6. ↑ Svitek, Patrick (2022-06-24). "Republican Texas House candidate in Collin County charged with impersonating public servant". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  7. ↑ "Texas woman accused of impersonating public servant to take child custody 'by force'". KVEO-TV. 2022-11-17. Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  8. ↑ Moshtaghian, Artemis; Pazmino, Gloria; Valencia, Nick (2025-02-04). "ICE impersonators on the rise: Arrests made as authorities issue national warning". CNN . Retrieved 2025-02-06.
  9. ↑ "Rash of ICE impersonation follows Trump immigration crackdown, police say". The Washington Post. February 4, 2025. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
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