Quote Originally Posted by MrLang View Post
I was under the impression you could lose your job for that or be arrested for pulling a gun in public to stop a crime you witness as a civilian. I guess I was wrong.



You'd shoot someone high on drugs with clouded judgement who tried to pickpocket you? Don't they give psychological tests to potential police officers to weed out this kind of attitude?

Again, can't you lose your job and get put in jail for that? Perhaps it depends on the state. I understand you're explaining your own stance, but would you advocate a civilian use force against an attacker? It's almost universally accepted in self defense that you're much safer not attempting something like that in 90+% of confrontations.
In Oklahoma, you can still act as law enforcement as long as you're carrying concealed. At my department we can carry whatever we want while off duty. Only requirements is that it has to be between .380 and .45. We can also carry whatever we want to while ON duty, but we have to shoot two different qualification courses with the pistol. The normal CLEET course and our department course which is more strict and shoot at greater distances.