[§52D-15]  Off-duty police officers;benefits for personal injuries.  For the purposes of chapters 88 and 386, apolice officer who is injured, disabled, or killed while actually engaged inthe apprehension or attempted apprehension of law violators or suspected lawviolators, or in the preservation of peace, or in the protection of the rightsor property of persons shall be deemed to have been injured, disabled, orkilled while in the actual performance of duty, and the injury, disability, ordeath shall be deemed to have been caused by accident arising out of and in thecourse of the police officer's employment, notwithstanding that the accidentcausing the injury, disability, or death occurred at a time, place, or time andplace, not within the police officer's regular tour of duty and notwithstandingthat the police officer was not acting under the direction of the policeofficer's superiors at the time and place of the accident; provided that theaccident occurs within the jurisdiction wherein the police officer iscommissioned 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.