- Off duty cop goes for badge so subject knows he has power over him. (what other reason is there for flashing a badge in a situation such as this?)
But the guy was NOT a "off duty cop" with any juristiction if I were going to venture a guess. He was a RETIRED Nashua cop. It would be like my Dad pulling out his badge after he left the force and trying to pass himself off as a cop. If Mr Retired cop had detained Mr Webb,before the gun was pulled ( which brought it into felony territory and a citizens arrest is valid) there is a false imprisonment charge added to impersonating an officer. Cripes he was not even in the same STATE as his limited police powers were granted.
I doubt his position as a U Mass Lowell cop, which are sworn as either MSP "Specials, or Middlesex County Deputy Sheriffs gives him jurisdiction.
Why isn't he being charged for impersonating an officer?
Here it is right from the U Mass Lowell website btw
"UMass Lowell police officers are fully sworn with special State Police powers in accordance with Massachusetts General Law 22c, Section 63 which gives them the same police authority as municipal police officers for “…any criminal offense committed in or upon the lands or structures owned, used, or occupied by such…university.”
Additionally, officers derive their authority promulgated from the Board of Trustees of the University of Massachusetts and are sworn as Middlesex County Deputy Sheriffs which allows officers to perform police duties on the public ways of the county.
As such, the officers of the UMass Lowell Police Department have the ability to act both on and off campus within the City of Lowell as well as all of Middlesex County, if there should ever be a need to assist another police agency. Officers also have the authority to issue motor vehicle citations for motor vehicle infractions as well as the authority to enforce Massachusetts General Laws both on and off the campus. "
I don't see NH Police Powers being granted here do you?
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