A thug who refused to let officers in to his flat after complaints about 'partying' and loud music said 'anyone could buy a uniform'.
Abdul Muhith, 34, claimed he didn't know it was the police who were knocking on his door.
He barricaded the entrance to his flat and was involved in a four-hour stand off, until he eventually surrendered.
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When officers arrived at his flat in Longsight he told them to 'f*** off', and claimed to be holding a knife to his throat and said he would 'slice it' if anyone came inside.
He threatened to 'blow up' any other officer that came into the property.
Police had been called to the flat after reports from residents of a 'possible fight', or 'partying'.
Muhith continued to be abusive and claimed to have a 'strap', slang for a gun, Manchester Crown Court heard.
He used heavy objects to barricade the door.
Officers had been able to open the front door slightly, and one kept his foot in the gap so Muhith couldn't close it.
At one point Muhith thrust a knife through the gap in the door, which an officer instinctively swerved away from.
Police, who originally arrived at about 10pm on January 28, had held up a screen at the door to protect themselves.
Eventually, at about 2am, Muhith surrendered and was arrested.
No officers were injured during the stand off.
In interview, Muhith said he'd been having some drinks with a friend, and had been playing loud music.
"He said he didn't know it was the police, and that anyone could buy a uniform," prosecutor John Richards said.
"The whole matter escalated out of control," Henry Blackshaw, defending said.
"He was minding his own business in his own property, relaxing having been working that day.
"The police, unbeknown to him, had been called to his flat.
"They knocked on his door and he couldn't understand why they were there.
"In the end he voluntarily came out, he listened to reason eventually."
Muhith was sentenced to 15 months in prison, after pleading guilty to affray and assaulting an emergency worker.
He also admitted criminal damage after smearing faeces in a cell at the police station.
"For whatever reason, police officers were called to the building in which you lived, when they came to your flat you told them to f*** off," sentencing judge Anthony Cross QC told Muhith, of Northmoor Road, Longsight.
"Over the course of four hours there was a stand off between you and them.
"All they wanted you to do was surrender, you didn't.
"You tied up a large amount of police manpower and behaved badly at the police station.
"You took leave of your senses."
