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Phydoux:
In August of 2011 the Bellevue Police Department issued a directive that retired police officers who had been issued retired ID in the past would now be required to visit a mental health professional to take some kind of test at the city’s expense. As I understand it one retiree called for an appointment and was informed there would be a charge of $140.00.

The letter stated some change in federal law 18USC926C that required this but no one who has read the law can find this requirement. Bellevue only issues the retired ID on a yearly basis after the retiree has fired the qualification course.

For me personally, my medical records are none of government’s business. I just obtained a Nebraska CCW permit; it has less silly restrictions than the retired officer provisions

There seems to be police agencies out there that do not support retired officers CCW authorization under Public Law 108-277 and generate red tape to facilitate their own narrow view.

If any other retired officers have encountered similar interference I would be interested in hearing about it. My e-mail is rangeguys@aol.com.

SemperFiGuy:
Officer Phydoux...........

Someone in the Bellevue Police Department seems to have developed serious expertise in handing out Professional Insults to their retired officers.

Whatta Crock!!

And--of course--nothing whatsoever in 18USC926(c) supports this requirement.

The NE CHP gives you pretty much the exact same carry coverage, but (a) you shouldn't have to do it as a Retired LEO and (b) between the CHP classes and the ap fee, your wallet is now about $250 bucks lighter.

Guess they thought morale was getting too high among the retired officers.

sfg

bullit:
Have them review LEOSA.....

LM4202:

--- Quote from: Phydoux on December 24, 2011, 12:33:02 PM ---...retired police officers who had been issued retired ID in the past would now be required to visit a mental health professional to take some kind of test at the city’s expense. As I understand it one retiree called for an appointment and was informed there would be a charge of $140.00.
--- End quote ---

If the cost of the mental health evaluation is supposed to be at the city's expense, how can someone be charged $140 for it?  If the general public isn't required to undergo a mental health evaluation, I don't see why they would require it for retired officers. 

Gunscribe:
Here is something I wrote in August of 2004. It might be applicable to what your writing about;

http://nebraskanews.blogspot.com/search?q=retired+peace+officers

Excerpt;

To my mind the biggest trap in this whole thing (CCCW) is that it requires officers to pay for yearly certification out of their own pocket. This would not be so bad if the now fixed income just had to shell out, say forty or fifty bucks to punch holes in some paper Saturday afternoon.


The Devil is in the details, as they say.
The Devil in all of this can be found in 926C section (c) paragraph (5) that reads; during the most recent 12-month period, has met, at the expense of the individual, the State's standards for training or qualification to carry firearms.


Yearly qualification in most if not all departments is not limited to sending 50 or a 100 rounds down range once or twice a year. There is a lot of classroom use of force training written into the yearly qualification for some states.


It has been rumored that one state is in the thought process of complying with H.R. 218 and what they have determined so far is that it will require 80 hours of training billed to the retirees at a rate of 40 dollars per hour. That is 3200 dollars a year folks.


Whether those numbers are true or not is moot, the point is if a state wants to opt out all they have to do is make it so financially prohibitive that no retired Peace Officer could afford it.

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