Proposed H.B. No. 5739
Session Year 2025

AN ACT CONCERNING IMPERSONATION OF A POLICE OFFICER.

That section 53a-130a of the general statutes be amended to include the use of blue or red lights to initiate a motor vehicle stop as an act that constitutes an offense of impersonation of a police officer.

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