N.C.P.I.—Crim. 230.75

NOTE WELL: If the defendant carried out an act in accordance

with the authority granted to a law-enforcement officer by

unlawfully operating a vehicle with an operating red light, use

this instruction. If the defendant carried out an act in accordance

with the authority granted to a law-enforcement officer by

unlawfully operating a vehicle with an operating blue light, use

N.C.P.I. Crim.—230.75A. Note that the use of a red light is a

misdemeanor while use of a blue light is a felony.

The defendant has been charged with impersonating a law

enforcement officer and carrying out an act in accordance with the authority

granted to a law-enforcement officer.

For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must

prove three things beyond a reasonable doubt.

First, that the defendant falsely represented to another that he was a

sworn law-enforcement officer.

Second, that the defendant made this false representation by

a. [verbally informing another that the defendant was a sworn law-enforcement

officer]; 1

b. [displaying any badge or identification signifying to a reasonable individual

that the defendant was a sworn law-enforcement officer]; 2 or

c. [unlawfully operating a vehicle on a [public street] [highway] [public

vehicular area] with an operating red light].

And Third, that the defendant, while making this false representation,

carried out an act in accordance with the authority granted to a law-enforcement officer by

a. [ordering any person to remain at or leave from a particular place or area];

b. [detaining or arresting any person];

c. [searching any vehicle, building, or premises, whether public or private,

(with) (without) a [search warrant] [administrative inspection warrant]];

d. [unlawfully operating a vehicle on a [public street] [highway] [public

vehicular area] equipped with an operating red light or siren in such a

manner as to cause a reasonable person to yield the right-of-way or to stop

that person’s vehicle in obedience to such red light or siren].

If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or

about the alleged date the defendant made a false representation to another

person that the defendant was a sworn law-enforcement officer by [verbally

informing another that the defendant was a sworn law-enforcement officer]

[displaying any badge or identification signifying to a reasonable individual

that the defendant was a sworn law-enforcement officer] [unlawfully

operating a vehicle on a [public street] [highway] [public vehicular area]

with an operating red light], and that the defendant carried out an act in

accordance with the authority granted to a law enforcement officer by

[ordering any person to remain at or leave from a particular place or area]

[detaining or arresting any person] [searching any vehicle, building, or

premises, whether public or private, (with) (without) a [search warrant]

[administrative inspection warrant]] [unlawfully operating a vehicle on a

[public street] [highway] [public vehicular area] equipped with an operating

red light or siren in such a manner as to cause a reasonable person to yield

the right-of-way or to stop that person’s vehicle in obedience to such red

light or siren], it would be your duty to return a verdict of guilty. If you do

not so find or have a reasonable doubt as to one or more of these things, it

would be your duty to return a verdict of not guilty.