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Again, where are you going with 'impersonating an Peace Officer' in the original scenario described....Who's trying to impersonate a COP???
You come across BGs in your house. For crying out loud yall, in the incident of a burglary or robbery, etc.....you make and report to responding Peace officers that you are making a citizen's arrest. The Officers did not see the act of the BGs entering, inside, rifling through; but, you come across them while they are in progress...then you make the arrest and indicate to Cops of your intentions and recap details of what you, and/or others saw.

Maybe we need to get Charles in here to evaluate the thread and provide the relavent law(s).

John

I'm not a lawyer - but, in that we have the Castle Doctrine as law in TX; why would this not protect the criminal and civil rights of the homeowner; even if the lethal force was not used....only the threat of same, when ordering BG to 'not move" and 911 called.

If BGs have entered your house; they aren't there for a tea party. The concept of "retaining" (i.e telling BG to stay still) being an offense against the homeowner does not make any sense, if I'd read the thread correctly.

Thanks
John
Large Neighborhood Crime Watch and ENP Chairman -Dallas