Impersonate a police or protective services officer

Legislation: Victoria Police Act 2013 (Vic) s 256

Maximum penalty: 1 year imprisonment, 120 penalty units or both

Period: 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2024

Jurisdiction: higher courts

On SACStat, a charge is a single count of an offence
On SACStat, a case is a collection of one or more charges sentenced at a hearing

*Note: unavailable options have under 10 cases

Charge data

In the higher courts, 15 charges of impersonate a police or protective services officer were sentenced in the five years to 30 June 2024. The most common sentence for a charge of this offence was imprisonment (60% or 9 charges).

On SACStat, a charge is a single count of a sentenced offence. Charge data is most useful in understanding how a specific crime is usually sentenced.

Case data

In the higher courts, impersonate a police or protective services officer was the principal proven offence (the most serious crime in the case) in fewer than 10 cases in the five years to 30 June 2024. Therefore, outcomes for cases are not given for this offence.

Figure 1: Sentencing outcomes for all charges of impersonate a police or protective services officer

Number: 15 charges

Bar graph showing sentence types imposed for charges of impersonate a police or protective services officer

See Table 1 in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 6: Sentencing outcomes for all charges of impersonate a police or protective services officer by financial year

Number: 15 charges

Stacked bar graph showing sentences imposed each year for charges of impersonate a police or protective services officer

See Table 6 in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.

Figure 7: Number of charges of impersonate a police or protective services officer by financial year

Number: 15 charges

Bar graph showing the number of charges each year for the offence of impersonate a police or protective services officer

See Table 7 in the Excel data file for the data in this graph.