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NEW JERSEY ADDRESSES
CARRYING OUT-OF-STATE
NJLawman.com
Friday, June 10, 2005
2:00
p.m.
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On Friday, June 10, 2005 the New Jersey
Attorney General's office
issued a memorandum addressing how New
Jersey law enforcement agencies should handle HR-218, the Law
Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004.
In case you do not remember, this act
was Federal legislation which allowed certain active and retired law
enforcement officers to carry weapons between states after meeting
specific listed criteria.
In the memorandum, New Jersey law
enforcement agencies are encouraged not to allow their officers to
carry their duty weapons out of state. The concern here
is that since duty weapons are issued by the employing agencies and
considered government property, liability may attach to the agency for
any actions involving the weapon taken by the officer .
Agencies are also reminded that the
actual HR-218 bill does not give officers any law enforcement powers
outside of their jurisdiction.
The memorandum does not contain any
state-required training criteria or sample policy. It simply offers a
collection of concerns for individual agencies to address themselves,
but it does say that more information
Furthermore, it strongly suggest that
agencies construct well-written policy for their officers. "We
recommend that all agencies clearly and unequivocally advise their
officers of the foregoing by way of a clearly written policy."
Agencies looking to create such policy
should thoroughly read the actual memorandum. Since it came out
in a difficult-to-read image format, we retyped it for your review.
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Related:
The Actual
HR 218 Law
June, 2005 Memorandum from the New Jersey AG
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