An employee of an entertainment venue in Kyiv has been held administratively liable for the illegal use of police uniform during a show program in which the arrest of Santa Claus was staged.
This is reported by Kyiv24
How the Staging Took Place and the Reaction of Law Enforcement
The incident occurred at an entertainment club in the Holosiivskyi district of the capital. During a party, one of the club employees, having no affiliation with law enforcement, donned a police uniform and staged a theatrical arrest of Santa Claus. Photos of this event circulated in messaging apps, after which they were noticed by Kyiv police officers during their online monitoring.
“During internet monitoring, Kyiv police discovered a post in one of the messaging apps containing photos of a man in police uniform imitating the arrest of ‘Santa Claus’. Officers from the Holosiivskyi police department, along with criminal analysis analysts, established that the event took place in one of the entertainment venues in the Holosiivskyi district and identified the individual posing as a police officer. He turned out to be a 25-year-old club employee with no connection to law enforcement, and the show was part of the venue’s entertainment program during the party,” the statement reads.
Legal Consequences for the Offender
After clarifying the circumstances of the event, an administrative protocol was drawn up against the man under Article 184-3 of the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses – illegal use of the name and insignia of the National Police of Ukraine. Such an offense carries a fine of up to 34,000 hryvnias.
Law enforcement officials emphasize the inadmissibility of using police uniforms or their elements by individuals who do not have legal grounds for doing so. Such actions, regardless of their context or purpose, are violations of the law and are subject to administrative liability.
