(a) A person is guilty of criminal impersonation of a police officer, firefighter, emergency medical technician (EMT), paramedic or fire police when the person, intending to facilitate the commission of a crime or while in immediate flight therefrom:

(1) Intentionally and without lawful authority impersonates or otherwise pretends to be a police officer, firefighter, emergency medical technician (EMT), paramedic or fire police; or

(2) Without lawful authority does any act intended to create or reinforce a false impression that the person is a police officer, firefighter, emergency medical technician (EMT), paramedic or fire police.

Attorney's Note

Under the Delaware Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class A felonybetween 15 years and life
Class B felonybetween 2 and 25 years
Class C felonyup to 15 years
Class E felonyup to 5 years
For details, see Del. Code Ann.tit. 11, § 4205

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Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 11 Sec. 907B

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.

(b) Criminal impersonation of a police officer, firefighter, emergency medical technician (EMT), paramedic or fire police is a class E felony, unless during the course of the commission of the crime, or while in immediate flight therefrom, the person or another participant in the crime:

(1) Causes physical injury to any person who is not a participant in the crime; or

(2) Commits a class A felony or class B felony as defined by this title or any sexual offense as defined by § 761(i) of this title, in which case it is a class C felony.

(c) Nothing in this section shall preclude a separate charge, conviction or sentence for any other crime.

71 Del. Laws, c. 97, § ?1; 76 Del. Laws, c. 68, § ?1; 82 Del. Laws, c. 150, § 1;