Based on its name, this object represents the count of packets that the policer classified as out-of-specification, meaning they exceeded the configured rate, during evaluation. Illustratively, an admin watching this counter climb would recognize that traffic is exceeding the policer's configured bandwidth limit and is being discarded, dropped in priority, or remarked. A steadily increasing value alongside customer complaints of throughput issues would point to that policer's rate limit being too low for current traffic.