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CNN report (2015)
https://www.cnn.com/2015/05/07/politics/kamala-harris-aide-fake-police-department/index.html
California attorney general's aide Brandon Kiel arrested for police hoax
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By Jeremy Diamond, CNN
Updated 10:08 AM ET, Thu May 7, 2015
An aide to California Attorney General and Democratic Senate candidate Kamala Harris was arrested late last week on charges of impersonating a police officer after playing a top role in establishing a fake police department.
"Brandon Kiel, Harris' deputy director of community affairs, was charged last Thursday with several counts of -impersonating a peace office- and with misusing his government I.D.
Kiel and two associates, David Henry and Tonette Hayes, allegedly claimed to represent the Masonic Fraternal Police Department, a group that purported ties to the ancient Knights Templar order, which emerged hundreds of years ago during the First Crusade.
Kristin Ford, Harris' press secretary, confirmed Wednesday that Kiel is an employee of the California Department of Justice, but that he was placed on paid leave last week and that the department was cooperating with the investigation."