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I don't know if they have any formal legal obligation to identify themselves as LEO's.
As a former employee of a local LEA, we were required to identify ourselves under the old Terry v. Ohio case (1968). The only exceptions were if this were to pose an immediate risk to us or there were a "crowd control" issue wherein we could delay identifying ourselves (big dignitary events, large protest situations, etc.), but only if we were the ones not involved in making the arrest or using the force or detention ourselves. Otherwise, those doing so still had to identify themselves.
I believe this was the case for those we had joint task force 'exercises' with such as state agencies and the FBI.
Pete
