Terrorism:
AELE has extensive legislative
links on its Legal Aspects of
Terrorism page.
Concealed-Carry
Law (Active and Retired Officers)
Law Enforcement Officers’ Safety Act of 2004: The statute authorizes current and qualified
retired officers to carry a concealed firearm throughout the U.S. AELE has
posted a Specimen Policy to
implement the law. At the end of the policy are links to other documents on
this topic.
Employment Law
and accountability issues (under consideration):
H.R. 980 - To provide collective bargaining rights for
state and local public safety officers
State and Local Law
Enforcement Discipline, Accountability, and Due Process Act of 2007
International
Association of Chiefs of Police, Inc. (IACP):
IACP Legislative
Priorities in Congress: The IACP employs a full-time
Legislative Counsel and a full-time Legislative Analyst in
IACP Model Statutes: The subjects include:
Arrest Authority, Citizen's Arrest, Emergency Vehicles, Immunities, Personnel
Records and Information, Search Warrants, Stop and Frisk, Use of Force,
Miscellaneous Immunity Statutes and Race Profiling.
Lautenberg
“Gun Ban”:
In 1996 the Congress passed a Defense Appropriations Act. Sec. 658 of that enactment made it
unlawful for any person who has been convicted of a domestic violence
misdemeanor to possess a firearm or ammunition. There is no exception for
persons who must carry a firearm on their jobs: law enforcement officers,
security guards, or members of the Armed Forces. The statute has been contested
in civil actions and arbitration proceedings:
In Georgia,
a federal court upheld the ban in a suit brought by NAGE and a sheriff's
deputy.
In Indiana, the 7th Circuit also upheld
the ban in a suit brought by a terminated police officer.
In
In Cleveland, an arbitrator reinstated a
police officer who had to be disarmed, following his conviction for a domestic
misdemeanor; he found the penalty of termination to be excessive.
In Nebraska, another arbitrator declined
to reinstate a corrections officer who had been terminated because of a similar
conviction. Ironically, the conviction was set aside after his termination, but
before the grievance was arbitrated. The employer was under no duty to keep the
officer in an unarmed position while he sought post-conviction relief.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has prepared a Q & A on the law.
Links to proposed legislation, or links to websites that
advocate the enactment of specific legislation, are listed for educational
purposes only. Unless stated otherwise, AELE does not endorse any proposed or
pending legislation by maintaining these links.