DLA Officer

[Gawernator]

DLA Police Officers are sworn peace officers i.e. receive all those nice "exemptions" to CA gun laws? I see they're hiring near me and it would be cool to do for a few months to a year before a deployment...

[74c5]

Definitely Feds.

[Gawernator]

I couldn't remember if federal officers like FBI DLA etc qualify or only CA cops. Which is senseless anyways

[IlDuche]

What's DLA?

[74c5]

Defense Logistics Agency
Among other things, they sort of have some oversight over government contracts......which is, I think, the LEO side of it comes it.
Their larger role is in making sure things get to where they need to be for all of the other agencies and military.
They had/have an office diagonally across from the Mattel Dist center in San Berdo.

[Gawernator]

DLA Distribution San Joaquin, Calif., with facilities in Tracy and Lathrop, Calif., receives, stores and ships materiel in support of America's Armed Forces around the clock, around the world. DLA Distribution San Joaquin, Calif., is in the military readiness business and is the Department of Defense's western strategic distribution platform, serving as a hub of logistics activities for America's Warfighter. The distribution center stores over 676,000 different stock numbers valued at $5 billion. In 2008, nearly 3.4 million line items valued at $4.16 billion were shipped to customers around the world. http://www.distribution.dla.mil/sites/san_joaquin.aspx


The police officers are like civilian security forces, as far as I can tell. I would have to go to a federal academy... don't think it would work well since I'm still in the USN Reserve

[gogohopper]

So, kinda like Radar from M.A.S.H. ?

[Rogue187]

DLA officers are only security.
My current agency has a few that came over from DLA..
They all needed to go to FLETC.
So unless they are GS-083's they are not classed as police.

[IlDuche]

Hey man everyone bagged on Radar, but he made the 4077 run!

[Gawernator]

Well, I did the research myself since I didn't see a good answer...

Saw this: http://forums.officer.com/t81340/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_Enforcement_Officers_Safety_Act

"In 2013, LEOSA was again amended by the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2013, effective January 2, 2013 after President Obama signed Public Law 112-239 (H.R. 4310).[3] Section 1089 of the NDAA contained language which further clarified that military police officers and civilian police officers employed by the U.S. Government unambiguously met the definitions in the original Act. The definitions of "qualified active" and "qualified retired" law enforcement officer include the term "police officers" and expanded the powers of arrest requirement definition to include those who have or had the authority to "apprehend" suspects under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Senator Patrick Leahy, a key sponsor of the bill, remarked "The Senate has agreed to extend that trust to the law enforcement officers that serve within our military. They are no less deserving or worthy of this privilege and I am very pleased we have acted to equalize their treatment under the federal law". He further stated "The amendment we adopt today will place military police and civilian police officers within the Department of Defense on equal footing with their law enforcement counterparts across the country when it comes to coverage under LEOSA."[18]"

So, there you have it. Cool

[P5Ret]

LEOSA does not grant any exemptions to Ca state laws, regarding off roster purchase, assault weapons, and mags.

I thought DOJ reversed their no on purchase of hi-cap mags by feds but I'm not positive.

[Rogue187]

There is a standard level of training you are required to obtain before you can use the LEOSA.
If you by going to DLA to work as security thinking that you qualify under LEOSA you are mistaken.
They DLA do not attend FLETC and therefor do not qualify as police officers. DOD police who attend FLETC are police because of the classification they are.
If the position you are going for is an GS-083 then you will attend FLETC. Then you will be a police officer. If you go somewhere else..you are not really considered a police officer because you did not meet the standard level of training afforded to you at FLETC.

[hey_scooter]

Are we sure that these positions aren't regulatory in nature? Like those weirdo positions that that DEA and ATF have for inspections and stuff? I think those are 1801s. But they definitely aren't LE...

[wazafuzz]

I have a friend that works DLA. He's been there for over 10 years, he said that per his command staff, they are NOT allowed to carry off duty even though the LEOSA would cover them. Further, he said that they are required to turn in their badges, credentials and weapons at the end of their shift. They are all GS-083's. I worked for a Federal agency that was 1800 series. Completely different there as 1801/1811's are considered full time law enforcement and can be armed off duty.

[Gawernator]

^ Correct. They do attend FLETC as mandatory training. Might want to check your sources Rogue187.