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NC Appeals Court Says Injured Off-Duty Law Officers are Joint Employees

The question has arisen many times around the country: Is an injured, off-duty law officer, moonlighting on security or traffic control, considered an employee of the law enforcement division or a private company? The North Carolina Court of Appeals answered …

Philly Off Hook in Drunken Slaying by Off-Duty Cop

The family of a man fatally shot by a drunken, off-duty Philadelphia police officer was awarded $4.7 million Tuesday, but may get nothing because the now ex-officer is in prison for the man’s death and the jury let the city …