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Do you hold them to a higher level of moral responsibility during their off time because of what they do for a living? Yes! Of course! Being an officer may be
by yew 13y ago
Do you hold them to a higher level of moral responsibility during their off time because of what they do for a living?
Yes! Of course! Being an officer may be 'just a job', but in practice the hat doesn't come off. Which is the entire point - police officers occupy a particular position in society regardless of whether or not they're wearing a badge at the moment.
That's not the same thing as saying that I'm surprised that they're still human, though.
- talmand 13y agoI agree. An off-duty cop is just off the clock. By the way the news reads there really is no such thing as an off-duty cop. A cop is always on the job. Describing a cop as off-duty suggests that he suddenly becomes a normal citizen like everyone else once the clock is punched at the end of the shift. But I'm willing to bet an off-duty cop has no issues with using police powers, if necessary, while off the clock.