LEOSA Improvement act HELP NEEDED

[obeygiant]

Jared,

Thanks for your work on this. I will call Congressman Forbes' office in the morning.

I think you have a typo in your post in that you state: "CA, MT, WY, MO, LA, NY, MT, AK and WI do not have a state standard so retired LEO's in these states will not be able to qualify with any PD in the state". Under this cleanup legislation won't retired officers in these states be able to qualify with any PD in the state?

I retired from a small state agency in 2001. If I want to legally carry concealed, I currently have to qualify with my old agency which is impossible since they are not set up to qualify retired officers, or obtain a CCW permit from the county sheriff where I live. Fortunately, the CCW permit from the sheriff is obtainable. But it is expensive. It costs approximately $300 for the training, background checks, etc. for initial permit and then approximately $80 every two years thereafter for renewal of the permit. I don't know what I would do if I lived in San Francisco County where CCW permits are next to impossible to obtain.

This legislation is very important to retired peace officers.

Have you seen Gray Peterson's thread over here? The short and sweet version is that he has undertaken the process of getting counties to comply with the law in regards to their policies and schedule of fees. If you don't see your county listed in that thread, please post which county it is so that we can look into it.

[Sgt5811]

What timelines are we looking at? I'll make the call after court. I wonder how they will identify former military police officers with regards to credentials.

[socalblue]

What timelines are we looking at? I'll make the call after court. I wonder how they will identify former military police officers with regards to credentials.

I would think you would need to be CID, NCIS or NIS & have Federal LEO status to be considered eligible for LEOSA.

[Sgt5811]

As a former CID investigator, I did not retain any credentials or id that identify me as such. The only documentation available would be that wonderful piece of paper called a DD214 which reflects having gone to the school. Other than that, a copy of a BIR/BTR individual record/training record.

[Sgt5811]

Also, the bill itself specifically refers to police officers seperated from the armed services with an agregate of over 10 years of service.

[AJAX22]

interesting

what qualifies for 'armed services'?

Does this cover the national guard, and reserves program as well? what about state militias?