I think what you just did was illegal, sir.

[afangirlsdream]

For the last two months in Ohio we've been getting almost daily calls from different companies offering to send someone out for a free estimate of our hail damage. The range of annoying to polite on the telemarketing calls has been manageable even if I'm tired of hearing their opening spiels. We've also gotten quite a few (15 that I've been home

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[d_in_colorado]

Isn't impersonating the police against the law? Even if for a "just kidding" moment?

[op_tech_glitch]

My roommate and I used to answer the phone "[name of town we lived in] Police".

If there was ever a problem with that the real po-po's were more than welcome to ring us up and tell us so. (Actually I think what we did was legal, it's just out on the street where someone might actually think you were or something that isn't.)

[theflyers]

I'd think that was just as OK as say "dressing up" as a cop for a costume party. Since you're not trying to assert authority over someone under the guise of being the police, like say pounding on the door and demanding a person open their door to the "police".

I'm the most unlawyer of them all but that's my limited understanding of "impersonating a police officer".

[op_tech_glitch]

Besides which, the real PD always answers their line with "Police Department".

I always dug the completely straight face/voice my roommate used when he did that, though. Used to throw off people who were trying to call him pretty well actually.