Uniform or badge required
Source:
Section 810.400 — Uniform or badge required, https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors810.html.
Notes of Decisions
Under former similar statute
Attire of arresting officer is not element of crime of driving under influence of intoxicants and fact that arresting officer was not in uniform was not ground for reversal of conviction. State v. Gerttula, 41 Or App 675, 598 P2d 1257 (1979)
Where off-duty state trooper stopped and questioned driver who was driving erratically, his failure to identify himself as police officer did not invalidate stop or subsequent arrest where he was acting in capacity of citizen. State v. Chaput, 43 Or App 831, 604 P2d 435 (1979)
In general
Violation of this section does not itself invalidate stop. State v. Mesa, 110 Or App 261, 822 P2d 143 (1991), Sup Ct review denied
Failure of police officer to properly identify self does not require suppressing evidence of stop. State v. Oakes, 193 Or App 341, 89 P3d 1274 (2004)
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