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Posted by: tms1989

Can cops wear their uniforms off duty to work private jobs?,ie security, private details

Posted by: 209

Funerals, graduations, and weddings, my dept. dont mind. Security jobs and private details, not if you want to loose your job.

Posted by: Gil

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Originally Posted by tms1989

Can cops wear their uniforms off duty to work private jobs?,ie security, private details

Private details in your own city/town? Not only would the dept. have an issue with it I think fellow officers would be a little upset. It's a police uniform not a ticket to be a freelance security/detail officer.

Posted by: US706

ahhhh... probably not a great idea. So there are people that actually do this? Hell I can't wait to get out of mine never mind where it to another job.

Posted by: csauce777

Believe it or not, In California (San Diego specifically) there is a company that employs off duty police officers to work various contracts that desire off duty officers. Ironically the name of the company is "Off duty officers." The ones I have seen are dressed in white polo shirts that read "Off Duty Police Officer" in large black letter on the back of the shirt. They were also wearing full duty belts w/firearms. As an interesting (or not so) side note, when off duty police officers are working private details, they have to possess the same state issued certification cards for OC, baton, and firearms as a security officer would were they not a peace officer. Weird...

Posted by: justanotherparatrooper

"As an interesting (or not so) side note, when off duty police officers are working private details, they have to possess the same state issued certification cards for OC, baton, and firearms as a security officer would were they not a peace officer. Weird..."
doesnt shock me at all...its the land of fruits and nuts,like ma only on a bigger scale

Posted by: LA Copper

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Originally Posted by csauce777

Believe it or not, In California (San Diego specifically) there is a company that employs off duty police officers to work various contracts that desire off duty officers. Ironically the name of the company is "Off duty officers." The ones I have seen are dressed in white polo shirts that read "Off Duty Police Officer" in large black letter on the back of the shirt. They were also wearing full duty belts w/firearms. As an interesting (or not so) side note, when off duty police officers are working private details, they have to possess the same state issued certification cards for OC, baton, and firearms as a security officer would were they not a peace officer. Weird...

I've been here 18 years and I've never heard of the "Off Duty" thing. I know in L.A. County, we don't have anything like that where guys wear polo shirts and belong to a company like that. We do have citizens looking for off-duty officers to work private security jobs, but we would work them as a private citizen who happens to be a police officer in their other job.

The other thing is true, to be able to carry a gun and work a private security job, we would have to obtain a "Guard Card" from Sacramento just like everyone else. That's something that started about 8 years ago or so. I'm not sure why but it is what it is.

It's also true, this is a weird place, which is one of the reasons why it's an interesting place to work. Because of that, I've got lots of weird and interesting stories of things I've seen and done after 18 years on the job.

Posted by: tms1989

Well, maybe I didnt say it right, but if a company, like Target wanted you to work security for the holidays, or direct traffic in the parking lot, you'd nedd to do it thru your dept., and not on your own?

Posted by: justanotherparatrooper

"I've been here 18 years and I've never heard of the "Off Duty" thing"
offdutycops.com

Posted by: LA Copper

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Originally Posted by justanotherparatrooper

"I've been here 18 years and I've never heard of the "Off Duty" thing"
offdutycops.com

I guess it must be a San Diego area thing. I've not heard or seen it around the L.A. County area.

Posted by: adroitcuffs

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Originally Posted by LA Copper

I guess it must be a San Diego area thing. I've not heard or seen it around the L.A. County area.

I'm with ya there, LA Copper... I'm just north of San Diego and never heard of 'em either. Learn something new every day, I guess!

Posted by: LA Copper

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Originally Posted by adroitcuffs

I'm with ya there, LA Copper... I'm just north of San Diego and never heard of 'em either. Learn something new every day, I guess!

Since your north of San Diego, do you have any inside scoop about what happened in Oceanside? Was it an ambush like the news made it sound like?

Posted by: rocksy1826

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Originally Posted by tms1989

Well, maybe I didnt say it right, but if a company, like Target wanted you to work security for the holidays, or direct traffic in the parking lot, you'd nedd to do it thru your dept., and not on your own?

you mean like a normal detail?

how old are you?

Posted by: Oscar32

The only off duty thing that I do is carpentry. Same bullshit, different duty belt. I have been solicited several times to work "Door Security" at certain bars while off-duty, it is in our policies and procedures that constitutes that as conflict of interest within our town.

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Posted by: Deuce

For my off duty ensemble I wear a ballistic nylon g- string w/ matching batman belt, but only a pancake holster cuz the level3 chafes. I have a pasty badge and a Fez for my cover...

Posted by: justanotherparatrooper

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Originally Posted by Deuce

For my off duty ensemble I wear a ballistic nylon g- string w/ matching batman belt, but only a pancake holster cuz the level3 chafes. I have a pasty badge and a Fez for my cover...

thanks for the visual

Posted by: mr.anttrax

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Originally Posted by justanotherparatrooper

thanks for the visual

You can see that everyday on Piedmont!

Posted by: tms1989

17 yrs old as of 10-15
whydo you ask??

Posted by: Deuce

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Originally Posted by justanotherparatrooper

thanks for the visual

Whaat?? Come on, I don't have a hairy back or nothing...

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