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House tightens impersonation law to cover people hired as officers despite disqualifications

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Summary

SB115 was approved to expand impersonating-a-police-officer penalties to cover individuals who knowingly work as officers after being decertified or otherwise unqualified; the bill passed the House 98-0.

The Alabama House passed SB115, which expands the existing impersonating-a-police-officer statute to include persons who are fraudulently employed as law-enforcement officers after being decertified or otherwise unqualified. Sponsors said the change targets isolated cases in which individuals who lack…

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