You don't know what the badge looked like and you don't know if he was convicted. Is that about right?texas-sig wrote: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.
As Skiprr showed by quoting actual laws (§37.12) there's a world of difference between carrying a CHL badge and carrying a fake LEO badge. If you can find out the disposition of the case you mentioned and get a picture of the badge in question, we'll have a better idea if it has any relevance whatsoever to the discussion of CHL badges.
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