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HRS §710-1016.8

When wearing a police uniform is treated as pretending

This section says that if someone who is not a police officer wears a police uniform or shows a police badge or ID, or something that looks like one, the law will assume they are pretending to be a police officer. This is a rule about how the law treats that behavior.

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The statute, as written — Presumptions

Any person other than a law enforcement officer, who wears the uniform or displays the badge or identification card of a law enforcement officer, or who wears a uniform or displays a badge or identification card resembling the uniform, badge or identification card of a law enforcement officer, or a badge or identification card purported to be a law enforcement officer's badge or identification card, shall be presumed to be pretending to be a law enforcement officer.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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