Which Celebrities are Police Officers on the Side?

Summary: Have you ever wondered which celebrities are also police officers in their spare time? Well, we have put together a list of those celebrities in this post.

No matter who you are, it takes a ton of courage and bravery to put on a blue uniform and risk your life each day of the week. There have been some very famous police officers in our country and we will discuss them in this post. From actors to athletes to musicians, we have an array of celebrity police officers in this post.

Shaquille O’Neal

The former NBA star has worked in multiple jurisdictions as a police officers and has been named as an honorary deputy U.S. marshal. Right now, O’Neal works as a reserve officer for the Golden Beach Police in South Florida.

Ted Nugent

The rocker has known to work as a reserve deputy constable in Texas. He is also an advocate of multiple DARE programs.

Eddie Money

Prior to moving into his musical career, Eddie Money was known as Edward Mahoney. He was a member of the New York Police Department. He followed in the footsteps of his father and his brother.

Chuck Norris

The man known for Walker, Texas Ranger, has worked in law enforcement for real. Rumor has it that he worked as a reserve police officer in the state of Texas in the past. One fact is that Norris did work as a military police officer prior to his acting career.

Steven Seagal

The action star is a Deputy in the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office in the state of Louisiana. He has been working with this department since the decade of the 1980s.

Dennis Farina

Farina has more than 70 credits to his acting career, but he worked for 18 years as a Chicago police officer and detective prior to the acting took off for the late veteran actor.

Kam Fong Chun

The original Chin Ho Kelly from the original installment of TV’s Hawaii 5-O, spent 16 years as a police officer for the Honolulu Police Department.

Dan Mahoney

Mahoney is the brother of Eddie Money, who spent 20 years with the New York Police Department prior to turning to a career as an author.

James Woods

The actor who is routinely made fun of on Family Guy worked as a reserve police officer for the LAPD.

Barney Martin

Martin is known for playing Jerry’s father on Seinfeld, but he got his start as a police officer with the NYPD. He served for 20 years in the city.

Lou Ferrigno

“The Hulk” was sworn in as a San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Officer in 2012 after serving as a reserve deputy with Los Angeles County since 2006.