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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 52D-15 (2026)

] Off-duty police officers; benefits for personal injuries

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     [§52D-15]  Off-duty police officers; benefits for personal injuries.  For the purposes of chapters 88 and 386, a police officer who is injured, disabled, or killed while actually engaged in the apprehension or attempted apprehension of law violators or suspected law violators, or in the preservation of peace, or in the protection of the rights or property of persons shall be deemed to have been injured, disabled, or killed while in the actual performance of duty, and the injury, disability, or death shall be deemed to have been caused by accident arising out of and in the course of the police officer's employment, notwithstanding that the accident causing the injury, disability, or death occurred at a time, place, or time and place, not within the police officer's regular tour of duty and notwithstanding that the police officer was not acting under the direction of the police officer's superiors at the time and place of the accident; provided that the accident occurs within the jurisdiction wherein the police officer is commissioned and while the police officer is acting solely as a police officer. [L 1993, c 290, §1]

 

Cross References

 

  Retirement benefits, see §88-158.

  Workers' compensation, see §386-3.

 

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2022–2022 · leading case: City & Cnty. of Honolulu v. Honolulu Police Comm'n., 508 P.3d 851 (Haw. App. 2022).
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City & Cnty. of Honolulu v. Honolulu Police Comm'n., 508 P.3d 851 (Haw. App. 2022). “HRS § 52D-15 (2012) provides: Off-duty police officers; benefits for personal injuries.”
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