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69 Law Enforcement and Public Office 525.03 (8) The statement is in writing, and is made with purpose to induce another to extend credit to or employ the offender, or to confer any degree, diploma, certificate of attainment, award of excellence or honor on the offender, or to extend to or bestow upon the offender any other valuable benefit or distinction, when the person to whom such statement is directed relies upon it to his detriment. (9) The statement is made with purpose to commit or facilitate the commission of a theft offense involving the proceeds of an insurance policy. (10) The statement is knowingly made to a probate court in connection with any action, proceeding or other matter within its jurisdiction, either orally or in a written document, including, but not limited to, an applica- tion, petition, complaint or other pleading, or an inventory account or report. (b) It is no defense to a charge under subsection (a)(4) hereof that the oath or affirmation was .administered or taken in an irregular manner. (c) Where contradictory statements relating to the same fact are made by the offender within the period of the statute of limitations for falsification, it is not necessary for the prosecution to prove which statement was false, but only that one or the other was false. (d) Whoever violates any provision of subsection (a)(1) to (8) or (10) hereof is guilty of falsification, a misdemeanor of the first degree. Whoever violates sub- section (a)(9) hereof is guilty of falsification of an insuranc e claim, a misdemeanor of the first degree if the amount of the claim is less than three hundred dollars ($300.00), if the offender leas not previously been convicted of a theft offense and if the claim is not made for the theft of a motor vehicle. (ORC 2921.13) 525.03 IMPERSONATIOI`I OF PEACE OFFICER OR PRIVATE POLICEMAN. (a) As used in this section: (1) "Peace officer" means a sheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal, member of the organized police department of a municipal corporation or township constable who is employed by apolitical subdivision of this State, a member of a police force employed by a metropolitan housing authority under Ohio R.C. 3735.31(D), a State university law enforcement officer appointed under Ohio R.C. 3345.04, an Ohio veterans' home policeman appointed under Ohio R.C. 5907.02 or a State highway patrolman and whose primary duties are to preserve the peace, to protect life and property and to enforce the laws, ordinances or rules of the State or any of its political subdivisions. (2) "Private policeman" means any security guard, special policeman, private detective or other person who is privately employed in a police capacity. (3) "Impersonate" means to act the part of, assume the identity of, wear the uniform or any part of the uniform of or display the identification of a particular person or of a member of a class of persons with purpose to make another person believe that the actor is that particular person or is a member of that class of persons. (b) No person shall impersonate a peace officer or a private policeman. 1990 Replacement