AN ACT CONCERNING IMPERSONATION OF A POLICE OFFICER.

HB 5739 amends Connecticut law to explicitly make impersonating a police officer a crime when someone uses blue or red lights (like those on police vehicles) to initiate a traffic stop. This bill directly affects individuals who falsely display police-style lights to stop vehicles, treating this specific act as impersonation under existing law. The key change adds "use of blue or red lights to initiate a motor vehicle stop" to the legal definition of impersonation, clarifying that mimicking police lighting for traffic enforcement purposes is prohibited. The law expands the scope of impersonation offenses to cover this common deceptive tactic used by imposters.