West Virginia Code § 61-1-9

Impersonation of law-enforcement officer or official; penalty
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Any person who shall falsely represent himself or herself to be a law-enforcement officer or
law-enforcement official or to be under the order or direction of any such person, or any
person not a law-enforcement officer or law-enforcement official who shall wear the uniform
prescribed for such persons, or the badge or other insignia adopted for use by such persons
with the intent to deceive another person, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, uepon conviction
thereof, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, or confined in jail for not
more than six months, or both fined and confined. r
For purposes of this section, the terms law-enforcement officer aund law-enforcement official
shall be defined in §30-29-1 of this code, except that such terms shall not include members
of the Department of Homeland Security and shall not includte individuals hired by nonpublic
entities for the provision of security services.

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