off duty officers powers?

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This morning I jumped into my works van and headed out to my first job, on my way sitting in the usual rush hour queue i decided to turn on the radio and enjoy a nice smoke(i gave up at the start of the new year but its creeping up on me again) So! as i relaxed and enjoyed the dizzying hit my mobile phone rings.
I answered and it was my boss chris!
chris; Hi jason.... are you smoking in the van?
me; errmmm! yes i am.
chris; Ive just had a phone call from an off duty police man who rang me and asked if i was aware that one of my workers was smoking in a works van and he has taken a photo of you and he would forward it on to me if i wanted.
me; your joking?
chris; no im not! and you better get off the phone too or he'll be taking pictures of you on the phone aswell!
me; eerrrrrr ok bye!
end of phone conversation.
At this point i throw my fag out the window and chuck my phone on the passenger seat.
I then spend the following 20 minutes in the queue eyeballing the drivers in the cars around me to see if i can spot the snake in the grass and give him a very clear universal hand gesture to let him know his self righteous power trip has failed! (was very angry by this point and could quite easily of erupted into a major road rage attack had i of spotted some smug little jumped up officer smiling with glee at me).
this left me wondering what would have happened if i continued smoking?
what powers does an off duty officer have?
 
AFAIK, they don't have to be on duty to enforce anything. They have the right to use everything at their disposal (i.e., their training and knowledge) whenever they feel they need to.

It would be sick if an off-duty officer witnessed a serious crime and did nothing about it, just because he wasn't on the clock.

I guess it comes down to character. If I were an off-duty cop, I'd like to think I wouldn't care about smoking and phones in cars and would turn a blind eye. Some of the more power-hungry types may make a point out of policing every misdemeanour they see, regardless of whether they're off the beat.

It is illegal to smoke in a work vehicle though. He didn't get you for the ambiguous 'it's dangerous to smoke while driving because you pay less attention' fallacy- you were breaking the law.
 
^ It's the law. You can't smoke in a work van or use a phone (without a hands free adapter) whilst at the wheel.

As was said in the last thread, you're lucky this hasn't been taken further.
 
Reposting your thread to get around a closure will not end well for you. If you want to start another thread about off-duty powers, then you don't need the story again.
 
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You cant smoke in a place of work unless its a designated area, no matter if you are on your own.
You cant use a mobile while in control/keys in ignition of a vehicle.
You cant throw a cigarette out of the window or any where its littering.

Pedantic or not that's 3 rules you broke.

Also not sure if serious with this guy.
 
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Heh, your original Thread was closed by the Mods, then you post a new Thread asking why that post was closed, which was closed. And now you're re-posting the first Thread again, tell us what you think will happen soon? :D
 
Powers? Like mind reading, telekinesis, flaming sausage cannon?

The law is the law. Any police officer on duty or off can still do you.
 
You have to feel pretty inadequate as a being to QQ about someone minding their own business and having a cig in a traffic jam.


Then again, most police persons are just that, people who need authority to be handed to them to feel adequate as they have always been unable to attain it themselves.
 
I knew a drugs officer that didn't know the first thing about drugs and it made me lol

cool thread by the way how long till its closed?
 
he sounds like a right barrel of laughs spending his time off doing this. i could understand him reporting you for being on the phone as it could be dangerous but having a cig ? never even knew that was illegal till now.
 
That is a seriously lame law. Why can't you smoke in a work van? Is it illegal because it stinks it out? Tidums. I mean seriously wth. If they play the "it's a distraction" card then just wow...

The off duty cop was a ponce. Tenner bet he was the scrawny upper nose type who spends most of his time filling out fomal reports whilst enjoying it.
 
It doesnt really matter if its an off duty cop or not, he didnt book you for it.

It could have been anyone taking a photo and sending it to your boss.
You are just lucky your boss didnt kick you up the arse
 
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