Off Duty Officer Cons

Many officers encounter situations while off duty were they are forced to use their position as officers to enforce the law. When the officers are put in this situation they are also opening themselves up to civil liabilities. These civil liabilities could be a range of things such as whether or not they were acting as a civilian and or employee to another business or an officer. Another question that comes up is whether or not the officer was acting in way that would make the outcome of the situation favorable to him.

If the situation above were to occur the question of whether the off duty officer would be civilly liable for the man’s death would come down to whether the officer was acting as a civilian or an officer. I do not believe he