Do police explores have any authority while in there police uniform while carying a radio? Would you think there a real police officer? Would you listen to them if they told you to do something?
2007-12-17 11:15:27 · 11 answers · asked by StarSky 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
No they have no authority. They are civilians. But if they needed they could probobly get police there fast.
2007-12-17 11:59:20 · answer #1 · answered by flyguy03 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-06-11 00:22:58 · answer #2 · answered by Allen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know I heard some people talking about uniforms. I know the post I'm in, before we went to black uniforms (same as correction officers) we used to have browns (same as road deps) and the only thing that said explorers was a small patch on the right breast. There were many problems with people mistaking them for real deps so they went to blacks. The post I'm in has events on where we are the ones directing people to park (4th of July fireworks, concerts, graduations, festivals, etc.) We do it so often that we know pretty good what we are doing out there, so most of the time people do listen to us. We also have many road deps and a Sgt. (our advisor) from the jail always there in case we need a real deputy for some reason. As for authority, people ask our advisor this all the time. He believes that while we are in uniform, we are representing the Sheriff's Department so we do have a little bit more of authority. An amount that's not even measurable. There are certain events that we do that allow us to receive more authority than usual. Such as for this past summer, we were searching people and their belongings at the Selfridge ANGB Air Show this year. Another is when we helped with crowd control when the President visited this area last year. Another thing we did was help look for Tara Grant at Stoney Creek Metro Park. All in all, we help the department with the crap jobs that normal deps or reserves don't want. About people listening, I know I would. A good example of this was when we were parking cars at Freedom Hill for the 4th of July. A guy wanted to move his car closer to a spot that he was sitting at. There was a problem with that so our command officers told him no. He was angry, he than walked over to where a couple of mounted deputies were at and they stuck with us and said what we said goes for now. So it was kind of cool having them back up our decisions, after all, we do this type of parking every year about 7-9 times. Other times we are in uniform, we are doing parades and other stuff like that. So I would say the authority we have in uniform is based on the event that the explorer is at.
2007-12-17 13:58:11 · answer #3 · answered by bAsic LiFE 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They look more like the flying nun, theres more respect or authority to be gained from a traffic cone!. I don't take orders from women cops anyway, you see i'm not only a racist i'm also a misogynist. In all seriousness cops shouldn't have beards long hair or wear anything other than the uniform and that goes for sikhs as well. The line has to be drawn sometime soon or else you'd have cops with dayglo hair.
2016-05-24 10:18:44 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All explorers in every department in the US that I've seen, have different uniforms than the sworn cops.
Every Explorer has something to do if he/she is under a uniformed officer. If you don't do what they say, you're asking for trouble.
So yes, I'd do what they say.
2007-12-17 11:29:53 · answer #5 · answered by A Firefighter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they are riding or working with a sworn officer and that sworn officer asks them to perform a specific job, they have the authority required to do that job the same as any private citizen would.
2007-12-17 11:24:48 · answer #6 · answered by justme 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Authority - I would think that would depend on the state you are in.
Would I listen? - Sure. They often direct traffic. Not listening would be an invitation for an accident.
2007-12-17 11:18:58 · answer #7 · answered by davidmi711 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will vary by state.
Personally, I'm going to know they're not a cop if they're unarmed and aren't wearing a regular metal badge.
If I was told to do something I thought out of line, I'd ask for clarification as to their status and authority. If Bro tased me, I guess I'd have my answer.
2007-12-17 12:15:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, their uniforms are often different from the actual officers.
2007-12-17 11:19:20 · answer #9 · answered by Test 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Totally! Lol! This has absolutely NOTHING to do with the fact I am an explorer!
2007-12-19 12:44:09 · answer #10 · answered by Tallie 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋