Off duty has no more right than I do with a CHL. Property rights trump imagined power of off duty officers.
Says otherwise about what?Texas - and, I believe, Federal - law says otherwise!
Eli
Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act says police can carry anywhere not federally prohibited, however, the NFL can refuse entry to anyone they want as a Private entity.
Just as an interesting exercise, what would happen to an off duty LEO who has purchased a ticket and tells a ticket taker security person he was going in anyway and pushed through?
At that point its be trespassing, as the officer was informed that his entry to the stadium was conditional, (the announcement is relatively well known), and would likely be warned and/or removed by the Onduty officers, no?
You really think Arlington PD would escort an off duty officer out simply for carrying?
At that point its be trespassing, as the officer was informed that his entry to the stadium was conditional, (the announcement is relatively well known), and would likely be warned and/or removed by the Onduty officers, no?
Texas Penal Code 30.05
Criminal Trespass
(i) This section does not apply if:
(1) the basis on which entry on the property or land or in the building was forbidden is that entry with a handgun or other weapon was forbidden; and
(2) the actor at the time of the offense was a peace officer, including a commissioned peace officer of a recognized state, or a special investigator under Article 2.122, Code of Criminal Procedure, regardless of whether the peace officer or special investigator was engaged in the actual discharge of an official duty while carrying the weapon.