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CoffeeNut wrote:

WildBill wrote:

nightmare69 wrote:

WildBill wrote:

Keith B wrote:

nightmare69 wrote:Can LEOs carry on a US flight if they have a letter from their chief or sheriff and the pilot allows it? I'm sure there is more too it that I don't know.

Nope. Only ones I have ever seen were Federal agents (air marshalls, FBI, secret service, ICE, etc.)

Carrying a firearm on an airplane is a fast and efficient way to become an ex-LEO.

You meet the qualifications from TSA you can carry. See above link.

Let me know how it works out for you.

If you get authorized by your department to take the course, and pass it along with the other qualifications I don't see how they'd have a problem with you taking your gun with you. Actually after taking the course they might have a problem with you not doing so considering some departments mandate that off-duty you're to be armed. Why the cynicism?

WildBill wrote:

Keith B wrote:

nightmare69 wrote:Can LEOs carry on a US flight if they have a letter from their chief or sheriff and the pilot allows it? I'm sure there is more too it that I don't know.

Nope. Only ones I have ever seen were Federal agents (air marshalls, FBI, secret service, ICE, etc.)

Carrying a firearm on an airplane is a fast and efficient way to become an ex-LEO.

Keith B wrote: Nope. Only ones I have ever seen were Federal agents (air marshalls, FBI, secret service, ICE, etc.)

To qualify to fly armed, Federal Regulation states that an officer must meet the following basic requirements:

Be a Federal Law Enforcement Officer (LEO) or a full-time municipal, county, or state LEO who is a direct employee of a government agency.
Be sworn and commissioned to enforce criminal statutes or immigration statutes.
Be authorized by the employing agency to have the weapon in connection with assigned duties.
Have completed the training program, ‘‘Law Enforcement Officers Flying Armed.”