On Tue, 09 May 2017 16:19:44 +0100, Oren wrote:

On Mon, 8 May 2017 22:14:23 -0400, Meanie wrote:

(rolls eyes) You're just not very bright, are you. Don't answer, we
already know.

"...replica police uniforms sold in the UK must not be identical to
the uniforms currently used by the police, and traders have been
jailed in the past for selling on genuine uniforms."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2874609/Police-uniform-trader-sold-helmets-truncheons-TV-shows-prosecuted-unable-prove-weren-t-bought-terrorists.html

"Police officers are making hundreds of pounds illegally
selling their uniforms and equipment on the internet, and criminals
are buying them to commit offences posing as legitimate officers. BBC
Inside Out South East investigates this illicit trade and its
consequences to public safety across the South East of England in the
first programme of the new series on Monday 18 October at 7.30pm on
BBC One."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/10_october/18/inside_out_southeast.shtml

The guy in Bod's link wasn't committing an offence posing as a legitimate officer.

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