Re: ADT Yard Signs

["Steve" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"RobertM" <Reply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Bob Worthy" <securinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> "Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> Well, yes..they were representing themselves as being me/my company.
>>> They
>>> didn't actually have any licenses or a legal business.
>>>
>>> This is interesting though. So you guys are kinda saying that if I
>>> bought
>> a
>>> used ADT service truck with their signage on it, and drove it around not
>>> intending to do any alarm business that ADT or lets say just parked it
>>> on
>> my
>>> driveway - would have no case? (tangent from OP...just posing another ?)
>>
>> In your case it may have been a different issue than what is being talked
>> about here. It is the action of the individual that "could" constitute
>> some
>> sort of illegal act. If he was an unlicensed person, driving an ADT truck
>> and not employeed by ADT, out there selling, installing, servicing alarms
>> as
>> an ADT whatever, there may be some sort of fraud and deception thing
>> going
>> on, not to mention any of the unlicensed contractor penaltys and who
>> knows
>> what else. But simply having possession of a sign, or a truck etc. with a
>> logo on it is not illegal unless it was stolen. Even with that, the crime
>> would be possession of stolen property and not anything to do with the
>> logo.
>> Stealing an ADT truck would carry no heavier penalty than stealing RLB's
>> Camary. You have to forget what seems to be right, ethical, common sense
>> and
>> even what may have been law last year. None of that comes into play when
>> attorneys are involved.
>>
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>    Many years ago I worked for a company that manufactured police badges
> and notary seals. One day someone came in to order a badge and something
> didn't quite seem right. Usually orders came  from the city on a P.O. This
> man wanted to pay cash and didn't have a purchase order. So I phoned the
> police and asked about the legal aspect of someone who might not be a law
> officer buying a police badge. The police said there is no law against
> buying a badge as long as the owner of the badge doesn't impersonate a
> police officer. I don't know for what other purpose someone would buy a
> badge but it was legal for the customer to buy it and legal for us to sell
> it to him. The law may vary by state.

There are websites that cater to police badges and miniatures.  Some
consider them collectables.  IIRC, there has been some restriction on them
as of late.