C.R.S. Section 16-3-109
Peace officer

  • authority to make arrest while off duty

A peace officer, as described in section 16-2.5-101, who, while off duty, is employed in a capacity specifically permitted by policies and procedures adopted by such officer’s governmental entity employer shall possess the status and authority which would otherwise be afforded an on-duty peace officer as described in section 16-2.5-101, acting within the course and scope of such officer’s employment. To be within the scope of this section, a peace officer employed by a nongovernmental entity must be in uniform with the peace officer’s public entity badge plainly visible, or such peace officer must have been approved for plain clothes work by the peace officer’s governmental employer.

Source: Section 16-3-109 — Peace officer - authority to make arrest while off duty, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-16.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

16‑3‑101
Arrest - when and how made
16‑3‑102
Arrest by peace officer
16‑3‑103
Stopping of suspect
16‑3‑104
Arrest by peace officer from another jurisdiction - definitions
16‑3‑105
Release by arresting authority
16‑3‑106
Peace officer may pursue offender
16‑3‑107
Custodial care of prisoner in transit
16‑3‑107.5
Transportation of prisoners - definitions
16‑3‑108
Issuance of arrest warrant without information or complaint
16‑3‑109
Peace officer - authority to make arrest while off duty
16‑3‑110
Peace officers - duties
16‑3‑201
Arrest by a private person
16‑3‑202
Assisting peace officer - arrest - furnishing information - immunity
16‑3‑203
Preventing a crime - reimbursement
16‑3‑301
Search warrants - issuance - grounds - exception - definitions
16‑3‑301.1
Court orders for the production of records - definitions
16‑3‑301.5
Search warrant for firearms possessed by a respondent in an extreme risk protection order
16‑3‑302
Search warrants - municipalities - inspections - grounds
16‑3‑303
Search warrants - application - definition
16‑3‑303.5
Location information - search warrant required - definitions
16‑3‑303.8
Testing for communicable diseases - court order required - definitions
16‑3‑304
Search warrants - contents
16‑3‑305
Search warrants - direction - execution and return - legislative declaration
16‑3‑306
Search warrants - joinder
16‑3‑307
Limiting clause
16‑3‑308
Evidence - admissibility - declaration of purpose - definitions
16‑3‑309
Admissibility of laboratory test results
16‑3‑310
Oral advisement and consent prior to search of a vehicle or a person during a police contact
16‑3‑311
Peace officer incident recordings
16‑3‑312
Warrantless entry of a dwelling
16‑3‑401
Treatment while in custody
16‑3‑402
Right to communicate with attorney and family
16‑3‑403
Right to consult with attorney
16‑3‑404
Duty of officers to admit attorney
16‑3‑405
Strip searches - when authorized or prohibited
16‑3‑406
Custodial interrogation - admissibility - legislative declaration - definition
16‑3‑501
Warrants issued for persons illegally in the country
16‑3‑502
No dismissal of cases against persons illegally in the country
16‑3‑503
Bonds for persons with immigration-related issues
16‑3‑601
Recording custodial interrogations - definitions
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§ 16-3-109’s source at colorado​.gov