3210.12: Off duty conduct: Powers of Arrest

Question 1

What does “personally Involved” mean?

Answer 1

Where the off duty officer,a family member or a friend becomes engaged in a dispute with a person to be arrested. Does not apply when the officer is a victim of a crime

Question 2

Do Officers have liability protection when off-duty?

Answer 2

yes, as long as their actions are not willful

Question 3

Can an off-duty PO, while in Newport, make an arrest inn an incident that are personally involved in?

Answer 3

no

Question 4

Must the off-duty officer be in possession of appropriate identification when making an arrest

Answer 4

yes

Question 5

Should off-duty officers enforce non-criminal actions( crimes punishable by fines only)?

Answer 5

no