Colorado statute
C.R.S. § 16-3-109 — Peace officer - authority to make arrest while off duty.
Current through 2025 Regular Session
Part of Part 1: AUTHORITY OF PEACE OFFICER TO MAKE AN ARREST, Colorado Revised Statutes.
Full text of C.R.S. § 16-3-109
Statutory text current through the 2025 Regular Session. This is an officially sanctioned publication using the official text of the Colorado Revised Statutes; it is not the official statutes of the State of Colorado.
A peace officer, as described in section 16-2.5-101, who, while off duty, is employed in a capacity specifically permitted by policies and procedures adopted by such officer's governmental entity employer shall possess the status and authority which would otherwise be afforded an on-duty peace officer as described in section 16-2.5-101, acting within the course and scope of such officer's employment. To be within the scope of this section, a peace officer employed by a nongovernmental entity must be in uniform with the peace officer's public entity badge plainly visible, or such peace officer must have been approved for plain clothes work by the peace officer's governmental employer.
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