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Denver - Mike Vargas, a Denver process server was recently cited for personating a police officer. According to information obtained from Mr. Vargas he was attempting to serve a defendant when he was approached by a law enforcement officer. The officer noticed the shirt and badge that Mr. Vargas was wearing and asked if he was law enforcement. Mr. Vargas denied being any type of law enforcement and even explained the nature of his presence at the scene. The shirt Mr. Vargas was wearing and in question was a dark blue polo type shirt with a embroidered gold 7 point star with the Colorado state seal insert in the center with the embroidered wording "Colorado Civil Division" written upon it. The badge was also the same. When discussing the incident, Mr. Vargas mentioned he did nor said anything to imply or suggest that he was in fact a law enforcement officer or anything of the like. Mr. Vargas' recollection of the events were: As I finished with the defendant I noticed a cop car down the street. Although I admit that I was illegally double parked (as there was no where else to park) reason for the officer to be present in the first place, I noticed the cop staring at me. The police officer (whom is a seasoned long term Denver County Police officer) then approached and started asking questions. The cop confiscated the badge and cited Mr. Vargas for personating an officer, though no complaint had been made by anyone. This matter has been set for trial in Denver sometime in January of 2009. In a personal conversation about this matter with Mr. Vargas. I asked, "so who issued the complaint? Did you tell someone that you were law enforcement?" Mr. Vargas responded, "No-one and No" respectively, to both questions. The cop took it upon himself to issue the summons. Mr. Vargas later stated that the cop took the confiscated badge to several other un-named law enforcement officers, who allegedly all agreed that the badge looked very similar to existing authorized law enforcement badges currently being worn by on duty officers. Mr. Vargas is currently awaiting trial and has obtained legal counsel for this task, Attorney Eric Phiffer, Esq. The above comments were taken strictly from casual conversation and not an actual police report or personal interview with Mr. Vargas. All content © 2008-Epiffany, Inc. and may not be republished without permission. President's Editorial |
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