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LaUser wrote:

This year I've been waiting about 5 weeks. I made two calls to TCLEOSE and been told both times that it had been issued and was being put in the mail that day. After a third call, a supervisor is investigating and has promised to call me today to let me know what happened and hopefully to actually get it on the way to me. Although I allowed what I thought was plenty of time for processing, next year I'll allow even more.

I hope it gets to you soon.

if you're ever involved in an incident with a weapon type you didn't qualify with, you could technically be charged with unlawfully carrying that gun - a complication is best avoided.

I have no intention of carrying any type other than what I qualified with. I do intend to go back and qualify with a revolver, ammo permitting.

Thanks again for all your advise and help.

Thanks for the good wishes. I'm glad I could be of help.

LaUser wrote:I qualified on March 14, 2009 and I received my "Retired Officer Firearms Proficiency" card from the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education yesterday, April 4. It is good for one year, March 14, 2010.

The State of Texas officially sanctioned my annual firearms qualification. However, no where does it state what I qualified with, revolver of pistol. I qualified with a SIG P220 .45 ACP. I will be glad to go back and qualify with my S&W .357 revolver, but I must get some ammo first.

The type of gun you qualified with should be in the records of the instructor who qualified you. If you only qualify with either revolver or auto, you're fine if you carry only that type of gun. If you carry both, it is required that you qualify with both. Although it is unlikely to come up as an issue in the normal course of events, if you're ever involved in an incident with a weapon type you didn't qualify with, you could technically be charged with unlawfully carrying that gun - a complication is best avoided.

I'm glad to hear your certificate came through promptly, as mine had the first couple of times. This year I've been waiting about 5 weeks. I made two calls to TCLEOSE and been told both times that it had been issued and was being put in the mail that day. After a third call, a supervisor is investigating and has promised to call me today to let me know what happened and hopefully to actually get it on the way to me. Although I allowed what I thought was plenty of time for processing, next year I'll allow even more.

LaUser wrote:Is there any placed where I can meet the annual qualification?

Texas has a very straightforward process for this.

Download the application form and follow the instructions.

Any certified law enforcement firearms instructor or CHL instructor can run you through the qualification course and fill out his section of the form.

When the completed form is sent in, you will receive a firearms proficiency certificate from TCLEOSE. This, along with your retired officer ID card from the agency you served with meets the documentary requirements for LEOSA carry.