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City of San Mateo Municipal Code.

2.39.110 POLICE UNIFORM—IMITATION PROHIBITED.

No person other than a sworn police officer or reserve police officer shall wear any uniform of a pattern or design, or in the semblance, of the uniform authorized by the Chief of Police for the use of the regular or reserve members of the Police Department, or wear upon any uniform any star, badge, or insignia of a pattern or design that may be mistaken for, or confounded with, the official police officer's badge or the reserve police officer's badge.