Question "Probably for Officer K" Peace Vs Police

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What’s the difference between a Police officer and a Peace officer?

I’m taking the course in Feb to complete my training and always wondered what the difference was.

I know both are sworn Law enforcement officers. so what’s the difference? If any.

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saying “peace officer” is speaking in ebonics lol

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peace officer will not beat your ass , police officer will beat your ass,

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minor things that have to do with serving warrents and jurisdictions and such.

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Both can serve warrents i know that much

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Google > You

Jurisdictions may restrict the powers granted to those who have “peace officer status” as opposed to “police status”. For example, in New York State all New York State Court Officers as well as Court Clerks assigned to the 1st and 2nd Judicial Departments are classified as Peace Officers. They may execute bench warrants but are not allowed to execute arrest warrants.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_officer

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alot of smaller colleges/private schools/hospitals like ECMC have peace officers

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BMHA, State Park Police, Campus Public Saftey officers, metro cops, Correctional officers, Gamies, Parol officers, officers of the courst and a few others are peace officers.

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think I found it.:

S 2.20 Powers of peace officers.

  1. The persons designated in section 2.10 of this article shall have
    the following powers:
    (a) The power to make warrantless arrests pursuant to section 140.25
    of this chapter.
    (b) The power to use physical force and deadly physical force in
    making an arrest or preventing an escape pursuant to section 35.30 of
    the penal law.
    © The power to carry out warrantless searches whenever such searches
    are constitutionally permissible and acting pursuant to their special
    duties.
    (d) The power to issue appearance tickets pursuant to subdivision
    three of section 150.20 of this chapter, when acting pursuant to their
    special duties. New York city special patrolmen shall have the power to
    issue an appearance ticket only when it is pursuant to rules and
    regulations of the police commissioner of the city of New York.
    (e) The power to issue uniform appearance tickets pursuant to article
    twenty-seven of the parks, recreation and historic preservation law and
    to issue simplified traffic informations pursuant to section 100.25 of
    this chapter and section two hundred seven of the vehicle and traffic
    law whenever acting pursuant to their special duties.
    (f) The power to issue a uniform navigation summons and/or complaint
    pursuant to section nineteen of the navigation law whenever acting
    pursuant to their special duties.
    (g) The power to issue uniform appearance tickets pursuant to article
    seventy-one of the environmental conservation law, whenever acting
    pursuant to their special duties.
    (h) The power to possess and take custody of firearms not owned by the
    peace officer, for the purpose of disposing, guarding, or any other
    lawful purpose, consistent with his duties as a peace officer.
    (i) Any other power which a particular peace officer is otherwise
    authorized to exercise by any general, special or local law or charter
    whenever acting pursuant to his special duties, provided such power is
    not inconsistent with the provisions of the penal law or this chapter.
  2. For the purposes of this section a peace officer acts pursuant to
    his special duties when he performs the duties of his office, pursuant
    to the specialized nature of his particular employment, whereby he is
    required or authorized to enforce any general, special or local law or
    charter, rule, regulation, judgment or order.
  3. A peace officer, whether or not acting pursuant to his special
    duties, who lawfully exercises any of the powers conferred upon him
    pursuant to this section, shall be deemed to be acting within the scope
    of his public employment for purposes of defense and indemnification
    rights and benefits that he may be otherwise entitled to under the
    provisions of section fifty-k of the general municipal law, section
    seventeen or eighteen of the public officers law, or any other
    applicable section of law.
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I am a Peace Officer, as I am with the Fire Police. To my knowlege I can not do anything outside the fire scene. I know I can arrest/detain people if I feel it is needed, and have tickets issued if I report the violation and license plate to a cop. Other than that and like…traffic control…I dunno what else I can do lol.

Oh yeah…chicks dig the badge :wink: :lol: