Baltimore police said they have arrested a security guard who allegedly impersonated a police officer and sexually assaulted a woman earlier this month.According to officials, Richard S. DPD Arrests Security Guard for Impersonating an Officer By Bruce Frazier The Dalton Police Department on Wednesday arrested 58 year old James Dale Smith of 546 Patton Street in Dalton after Smith used a strobe light system in his car to attempt to pull over an undercover detective from the Dalton Police Department who was driving an unmarked department vehicle.
Police say a security guard has been arrested after he was accused of impersonating a police officer.Oussama Rhadbane, 20, is facing one charge of impersonating a public servant, which is a third-degree felony.Police said Rhadbane was wearing his security guard uniform when he pulled behind a vehicle at a gas station and told that driver that he had a license plate violation.At that point, police said Rhadbane asked the driver for $50 to forget about the incident.The driver did give him $50, but later reported the incident to police and then formerly filed a report.' If you get stopped by an officer, they are not going to ask you to pay them money to get out of a violation,' said Matt Porter with the San Antonio Police Department. 'If anyone approaches you and asks you for money to get out of a ticket, that should be a red flag. You should make a police report.'
Rhadbane is also a suspect in another case, where police said he pulled over a female driver for a red light violation and demanded money.This time, however, Porter said the driver worked at the municipal court and told Rhadbane that he didn't sound right. As a result, Rhadbane fled the scene.As of Friday, Rhadbane is charged only with the first incident, but Porter said if there are other people out there who were pulled over for traffic violations by Rhadbane, they are asked to come forward.Copyright 2014 by KSAT - All rights reserved.
Security Guard Faces Charges AgainPOSTED: 8:44 am EDT May 7, 2008UPDATED: 8:58 am EDT May 7, 2008ORLANDO, Fla. He might have looked like a police officer, but investigators said a man arrested in Orange County was a fake.Video:State officials arrested Bryan Ansley while he was working at the Oasis Lounge as a security guard early Monday morning.Authorities said Ansley was wearing an official-looking shirt with what appeared to be a law-enforcement badge. They also said he was illegally carrying a 9-mm gun and Taser on his belt while working as an unlicensed security guard.It's not the first time he's been investigated. Ansley lost his armed security guard license after a fatal shooting in Sanford in 2005.He was cleared in that case and said these charges should also be dropped.' It's, quite frankly, embarrassing to be labeled as a pretend cop, play cop or fake cop or whatever the case may be because that's certainly not the case,' Ansley said.One defense attorney said there are some gray areas when it comes to these charges.
Ansley bonded out of jail before a judge ruled on the case. Bronson Announces Arrest Of Central Florida ManFor Impersonating A Police OfficerTALLAHASSEE – Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson announced today the arrest of an unlicensed security officer in Central Florida on charges of impersonating a police officer, illegally carrying a firearm and conducting activities as a security guard without a license.According to Bronson’s Office of Agricultural Law Enforcement (OALE), the suspect - Bryan P. Ansley, 31, of Longwood - was arrested early this morning outside at an Orlando night club.At the time of the arrest, he was observed carrying a handgun, a taser, chemical spray and a baton secured to a law enforcement-type belt. Ansley’s uniform shirt was embroidered with a shield and star badge, authorities said.OALE investigators, who credited the Orange County Sheriff’s Office for its assistance in the arrest, transported the suspect to the Orange County Jail.Last fall, Bronson’s department, which licenses security officers, conducted an investigation into allegations that Ansley was operating as an unlicensed security officer.
After receiving the results of the OALE investigation, the State Attorney’s Office in Orange County issued a summons for the suspect to appear for judicial proceedings last October. But authorities could not locate the suspect, so he was never served with the summons. Secured to a law enforcement-type beltUnless he had a badge which said POLICE or was telling citizens that he was a Law Enforcement Officer I say the reporter is full of BS.Law Enforcement Officers don't have exclusive use of 'Official looking shirts', badges or even equiptment belts. The blue shirt and black pants I wear could be seen the same way.
The duty belt I carry my radio, flashlight, keys and latex glove pouch could be called a 'law enforcement type belt'. But I'm not and have never claimed to be Law Enforcement.It just stoke my fires to hear stuff like this in the media and also from cops. Yes, security guards wear badges. So do firefighters.
I had a badge issued by the FD for wear on my dress shirt. EMTs wear badges. Heck, I have custom badges which say Concealed Carry Permit and check out my Ham Radio Badge with my FCC issue callsign. Open Carry is prohibited in Florida,Open carry is not permitted in any public area, except for lawful self-defense or hunting. (When hunting on private land, or on properties expressly approved for hunting by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission or Division of Forestry, open carry is permitted.) State preemption laws prohibit localities from regulating firearms, other than with regards to zoning laws (i.e., for restricting where gun sellers may locate their businesses.)Also before we get into an argument of Public vs Private property, the PUBLIC AREA defined there is meaning anwhere the public is welcomed. Not PUBLIC SPACE.This guy sounds like a wack job.
I bet if they got a warrant to search his car, it would be a 2001 Ford P71 with tinted windows, 4 antanaes, and more LED's than US Secret Service Uniformed Division Police cars.I don't know what the elements of Impersonation of a Police Officer are in Florida (and I dont feel like looking it up), but usually you need the defendant to unlawfully undertake some sort of official act or verbally identify themself as a police officer. Depending on the shirt's design, it may fall under the Personation of a Police Officer or Public Official charge that we have in DC, although I have no idea if they have such a charge in Florida (and I dont feel like looking it up).
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Is open carry allowed in Florida? If so is it via permit? Or via Utah open carry non in the chamber:Pbecause. He could argue he was working in house and exercising his right to open carry. Just a thought.and also if he was cleared in the shooting case. Why was his licensing revoked?To work as an in house armed security officer you need to have the same licenses that an armed contract security officer has 'D' security officers license and a 'G' statewide firearms licenses.
Ok on the video the uniform shirt he showed had a badge with the words 'Chief Metro Enforcement' I think i see what they arrested him his shield had the Initials FL under the agencies name. EMT I am a little confused about your concealed carry badge. What is the purpose of a badge like that and where would you wear it? I thought the reason by definition of being concealed is so no one will know your carrying. Anyone that saw someone wearing that badge would have to get pretty close to read it and not think you are some sort of detective. I personally don't know anyone including myself that works security in a suit armed. Most clients are into the visual uniform and gun as a deterrent.
If there should arise a question about your gun just simply produce your CCW/LTC. Security officers in the district of columbia are prohibited from wearing a badge.Must be nice, badges are unregulated down here.and i also think the CCW and HR218 badges are stupid.I've seen the CCW variety (bad idea) and never even heard of the HR218 variety. I just saw a few floating around in cyberspace (strange/odd). Active LEOs already have a badge/commission card/credential set. Up here, when retired they issue a set as long as you don't go out on a 'stress dive' and end honorably. Either way, those are great supplements to a CPL/CCW.Marketing: Sounds like folks will do anything to make a buck. And, similar to the 'PX Rangers' I knew in the military, there's always 'that guy' in a cop shop that buys everything he sees in Galls or wherever.
The HR518 shields/cut out wallets I saw were as cheesy as the CCW badges and tried to mimic federal badge and credentials to boot. Novelty only. No different than the badges which say 'US Taxpayer' or similar stuff. I'm just trying to point out that there are lots of 'badges' out there and police officers don't have exclusive use of little bits of pin on metal.Badges are a emblem or authority, trust, and confidence.
Aside from serving in an authorized capacity (FIRE, Security, EMS, Police, etc), there really isn’t a legitimate reason to carry a badge, especially off-duty. I have nothing against the professional presentation of badges but it should be kept in context. I do not wear or flash a badge off-duty.
The only reason to have a CCW badge or some other sort of novelty badge is to appear “official” thus giving the appearance of impersonation and/or false representation.