(um) A black BMW appeared suspicious to the officers yesterday afternoon at 3:40 pm. The vehicle had a blue light visible behind the windshield. This led other road users to assume that it might be a civilian police vehicle. For this reason, the intervening officers subjected the conspicuous vehicle to a traffic check. The 60-year-old driver from Herford could not prove that he belonged to a police station. The officers then confiscated the blue light and filed a criminal complaint. The driver must now answer to a charge of impersonating a police officer. In this context, the police would like to point out that equipping vehicles with special signaling systems can also result in fines in accordance with the road traffic licensing regulations. The use of these lights, whether blue or yellow, is the responsibility of sovereign institutions only. The fire departments and police have to observe special legal principles and are specially trained in the use of blue lights. Misuse poses considerable dangers in road traffic as well as insurance-related peculiarities.
Please send any queries to:
Herford District Police
Press Office Herford
Phone: 05221 888 1250
Email: %20pressestelle.herford [at] polizei.nrw.de (pressestelle[dot]herford[at]polizei[dot]nrw[dot]de)