One of two men charged with impersonating police once pretended to be SafeWork SA officer, court told

Two men who allegedly impersonated police officers and issued fake fines have appeared in court, which heard one previously pretended to be a SafeWork SA inspector.

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One of two men charged with impersonating a police officer using a fake badge and flashing red and blue vehicle lights has previously impersonated a police officer and SafeWork SA inspector, a court has heard.

Samuel Mark Narroway, 28, of Highbury, and Corey Wayne Cook, 34, of Findon, are each charged with multiple offences including impersonating a police office and unlawful detention after incidents last week.

They appeared in the Port Adelaide Magistrates Court on Monday where they applied for release on bail.

In opposing bail, police prosecutor Brevet Sergeant Shane Shepard said the men separately stopped four victims, taking one of them to an ATM at Marion to pay a bogus $300 fine.

He said the first victim was stopped on September 5 at West Lakes with Cook using hazard lights and “what appeared to be a police badge” and asked the woman for her driver’s licence.

The second victim was pulled over at Marion when the men “activated red and blue lights in the dash”.

He said the fake officers then asked for the victim’s name, address and phone numbers which one of the men then wrote in a book.

“(The victim) has been told to pay a $300 fine. He’s been told he’ll either be arrested or pay the fine. He’s then been searched, told to get into their vehicle and driven to an OTR,” Brvt-Sgt Shepard said.

He said the victim the withdrew $300 in cash from an ATM at the service station before being driving back to his car.

A third victim, a female, was also pulled over with red and blue flashing lights, flashed with a police badge and told she would be fined $2100 for speeding.

A fourth victim was stopped at Royal Park again using a fake badge.

“The victim has questioned whether it’s a real badge,” he said.

He said police identified the two cars the men were allegedly using to pull over the victims and used facial recognition and CCTV to identify the two alleged perpetrators.

Brvt Sgt Shepard said Cook allegedly attempted to change the appearance of his car, removing stickers and spray painting the rims.

He said Narroway had multiple prior convictions for deception, including previously impersonating a police officer and industrial relations investigator, while Cook also had a “significant” criminal history including driving offences.

Searches of the men’s cars and addresses allegedly uncovered red and blue lights, police belts, handcuffs, an imitation toy gun and a fake police badge.

Magistrate Paul Foley ordered home detention bail reports for each of the men and remanded them in custody until next Monday for a further bail hearing.