Does an off duty police officer need to be licensed as a private detective to do private detective work?
A. No, with certain conditions. Off-duty law enforcement officers do not need to be licensed when employed by a person or entity and when such employment has been officially authorized by the officer’s law enforcement employment department or agency as an appropriate extension of the officer’s function; provided that the law enforcement agency gives the hiring person or entity a written statement concerning who is responsible or liable for the actions of the off-duty law enforcement officer while that person is performing services for the hiring person or entity.
