Son-in-law who is a retired game warden, informed me he doesn’t fall under LEOSA. Thought all LEO’s and for sure a Game Warden is a LEO, or am I missing something?
If he was required to carry a service pistol as part of his employment, I would think he would be covered by HR218. If he was code personnel (no powers of arrest) and not required to carry a side arm as a condition of his employment, he may not be covered.
Has he tried contacting these people? http://dnr2.maryland.gov/nrp/Pages/retired_leo.aspx
Actually he worked & retired in NJ (conservation officer) and certainly had powers of arrest. They were issued three weapons: sidearm, shotgun and long gun.
Will have him check his state site.
Following cut from his job description on NJ web site:
Enforce laws
Investigate violations
Apprehend violators and issues citations/fines
Conduct surveillance
Patrol assigned areas/regions
Coordinate and oversee educational programs for the public
Assist wildlife management efforts
Partner with other law enforcement agencies (for sure he was involved in meth-lab take downs)
Conduct search and rescue operations
Write incident reports and testify in court
Collect and catalogue evidnece
Investigate and collect data on wildlife and environmental changes
EDIT: I now see what he is talking about, it is NJ:
NJ is not in compliance with LEOSA on a number of issues. The following cut from a NJ forum on LEOSA
Keeping in mind that LEOSA at the very onset starts off with the wording, “state and local laws notwithstanding”:
LEOSA states no permits will be required, you just need to carry your retired credentials and proof of qualification to the same standard at the active police officers of the state in which you reside.
NJ Requires a “permit”.
LEOSA states you may carry any ammunition that isn’t federally prohibited - which means you can now carry hollow point ammo. This amendment was written with NJ specifically in mind.
NJ has not addressed this officially, but the last word was wait, and we’ve been waiting for a long time now.
LEOSA says that you carry for life as long as you can still qualify.
NJ won’t give you a RPO card after age 75.
LEOSA also states that you can carry any firearm that isn’t a machine gun, has a silencer, or is a destructive device.
Good luck with that one, but there’s already case law on it.
NJ has always acted as if it were a law unto itself unfettered by the Federal laws or regulations that don’t suit it.
Somebody will likely get rich over this, eventually.
Having said that, as ExFed2002 points out, there are advantages to having the NJ RPO - one of them being not having this discussion on the side of the road with a little kid that just got out of the academy.
It has also been my experience that the NJSP Firearms Unit has been trying to make the entire RPO Permit process as pain free as possible and all of my interaction with its members has been very cordial and positive.
My current renewal was sent in 4 months early, as they recommended after the previous renewal, and it has been sitting in my safe for a couple of months now because it doesn’t kick in until mid March.
Personally, I am more concerned about the 10 round magazine capacity BS. If not this governor, then the next. That’s going to proscribe a lot of pistols that we already have and turn a lot of guys into instant felons.
Hopefully the FOP and PBA are at work on this, not that they’d likely do any good.
If NJ chooses to ignore Federal law, the National FOP needs to put pressure on them to correct this.
Good references here:
http://www.fop.net/legislative/issues/hr218/hr218faq.pdf
http://le.nra.org/leosa/frequently-asked-questions.aspx
Skin Top provided good references. Magazine capacity and other restrictions imposed on civilians in your state apply to retired LEO.
The FOP will have to apply pressure on New Jersey concerning age restrictions.
Thanks for the references, will pass onto son-in-law.