Impersonating Police Is Easy With Amazon Counterfeit Badges

Replica police badges available to terrorists, child predators and other criminals.

August 01, 2017, Los Angeles, CA – Are you talking to the real police? How would you know? Fake officers are targeting businesses, children and immigrants.

• Multiple incidents of phony badge use in rapes, robberies, assaults and by a child predator were identified by The New York Daily News. A group even formed a sham police precinct. Former NYPD Internal Affairs Chief Charles Campisi reports that rapes by police impersonators are a particularly widespread problem in New York City and across the country.
• In April 2017, ABC reported NYPD arrested 2 men robbing victims using fake badges. The NYPD makes about 100 arrests a year for impersonating an officer, and has a dedicated unit chasing down phony cops. 
• In January 2014, a man attempted to gain access to the secure area of Reagan National Airport using a counterfeit CIA badge, but was prevented from doing so after Transportation Security Administration officers noticed inconsistencies with the man’s statements and credentials.

How easy is it to get a replica police badge - simply look to Amazon for the counterfeit items.

Despite repeated complaints and counterfeit badge purchases by consumer advocate and industry watchdog, The Counterfeit Report, the fake badges remain on Amazon.

• An Amazon Leadership Team Manager dismissed the complaints, claiming the items were “replicas,” and therefore OK on Amazon. 
• Amazon’s Director of Product Integrity and attorney, Melissa Kriz, responded to the fake badge complaints confirming the items are “restricted” on Amazon. Ms. Kriz added “Please do let us know if there are other similar products that you find and we will take swift action to remove.”
• Amazon’s Executive Staff responded via email on behalf of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, “We take these matters very seriously, and we'll investigate further.”

Months later, the fake items remain. It is disturbing that Amazon has now become the means of those looking for counterfeit law enforcement badges and identification to have a “one stop” shopping market for fake items.

Amazon claims to have a strong anti-counterfeit policy, but that claim falls flat. Amazon can’t even keep counterfeit FBI, NYPD, CIA and other fake police badges off its website. Anybody, anywhere, can sell just about anything on Amazon, including counterfeit products that may be dangerous or deadly. Amazon still receives a fee on each item sold.

The counterfeit current issue FBI, Secret Service and other law enforcement badges shown below were repeatedly reported to Amazon, and some repeatedly purchased after the reports, by The Counterfeit Report.

Public trust is destroyed when companies don't align themselves with ethical behavior and diligence in protecting consumers, the public and national security.

A recent CNBC Report says it best; “In Amazon's quest to be the low-cost provider of everything on the planet, the website has morphed into the world's largest flea market — a chaotic, somewhat lawless, bazaar with unlimited inventory.”