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NASA Security Guard Guilty of Impersonating Federal Officer

By Jonathan Byrne

US v. Roe: Roe was a privately contracted security guard working at a NASA facility in Maryland. Roe possessed a Maryland handgun permit and state certifications for being a private security guard and private detective. As part of his job, he had the limited authority to arrest and otherwise provide law enforcement services on NASA grounds. He was pulled over on the highway in a car done up to look like an unmarked police car after some interactions with a Maryland state police officer (in a real unmarked car). When he got out of the car, he told the arresting officer "I'm the police! I'm the police" and that he was a federal police officer. He produced a badge that had "NASA" and "police" on it, which the officer recognized as inauthentic...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Circuit Blog on June 07, 2010 (boomark / email).