Marlborough's Top Cop Comments on Police ID Standardization
The Massachusetts Chiefs' Association has rolled out a new badge that makes it easy to identify the authenticity of a police officer.
Everyone's heard stories about crimes that have occurred by people posing as police officers. This past summer, a man posing as a police officer robbed a mobile home in Wareham. Last year in Marlborough, two men gained entry to a local home after identifying themselves as police. There are many ways criminals use an ID or a badge to commit crimes, some of them more rare than others. But still a threat. Realizing the potential threat to safety, Massachusetts took the initiative and has become the first in the country to implement new ID cards that are uniform in design, and designed to thwart tampering and counterfeiting. "I think it will certainly curb the potential for fake police IDs," Marlborough Police Chief Mark Leonard said Friday…
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