Question for LEO in CA

[Yodaman]

Question for LEO in CA

Is your friend sworn LEO?

[deadcoyote]

[Excommunicado]

A lot of those rules are department specific, so there isn't one rule that apply to all agencies. At my range there is 1 dedicated for LEO but that's just for their privacy or when they practice with Class 3 weapons. Several LEO are regulars in our matches.

I recently spoke to an officer in CA that said he, and other officers, are not allowed to practice shooting anywhere outside of two areas 1) Police ranges or 2) Those few select places policy agencies have designated are safe for police to shoot, irregardless of whether they are on OR off duty. That seems strange. That means police can't shoot at public ranges, they can't shoot on private property, they can't shoot on BLM land, etc...

What about training courses? What if they wanted to train with Travis Haley or John Lovell? What if it's family tradition to camp out at BLM land and shoot with the family? What if you have a friend or family, who is not a LEO, whom you like to shoot with regularly at gun ranges? Are all of these off limits? Is if different for different agencies? What are people's experiences with this?

For respect and privacy reasons I'm not going to state the city in which I spoke to this officer.

Thank you!

[Ron-Solo]

Your friend needs to find a new Department if true

[CBR_rider]

If your conversation as posted is 100% correct, the officer was either lying to you as others said to avoid shooting with you, just to pull your leg, or he has no idea what his policy actually states. He might have a policy on when/where he can shoot on duty or with duty gear but to prohibit all off duty shooting? That would be truly amazing...

[phdo]

Enough chit chat. Name the department already.

[Yodaman]

Yeah I think OP bailed?