Oh, I know. Sorry, it was a rhetorical question to point out the absurdity that the practice is allowed.

The official justification is that they are only enforcing the same laws they would when on duty, so there's no conflict of interest. This is a lie, as they're only enforcing the laws that the entity that hired them wants them to, and they are ignoring all other violations- as in this example, where they are ignoring illegal immigrants that they would have reported immigration had they encountered them in the course of their regular duties.

To do otherwise means that they will be fired from that off-duty job. So you basically have someone wearing the uniform of San antonio, representing themselves as enforcing the laws of San Antonio and Texas, but really only enforcing the laws that Catholic Charities wants them to.

I don't actually have a problem with off-duty cops being security guards. The job is open to them the same as anyone else, but they should be required to leave their uniform,.gun, and badge at home because they are not acting in official capacity and are not representing the government when serving as a security guard.