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General Categories => Non Gun Stuff => Topic started by: SHEP on January 23, 2013, 12:16:49 PM

Title: Are Corrections Officers considered LEO?
Post by: SHEP on January 23, 2013, 12:16:49 PM

Are Corrections Officers considered LEO? Please add a "Yes" or "No" to your response.

Title: Re: Are Corrections Officers considered LEO?
Post by: wallace11bravo on January 23, 2013, 12:19:14 PM

No, they are not sworn officers.

There are exceptions, such as sheriff deputies or deputy marshals who work detainment/jails/corrections, but for the large part, they are not sworn officers, they are civilian employees.

Why?

Title: Re: Are Corrections Officers considered LEO?
Post by: bullit on January 23, 2013, 12:36:49 PM

But you would need to surrender your firearm before they lock you in your cell post conviction....  :P

As the name LEO (Law Enforcement Officer) implies...Corrections Officers (with the exception of Wallace's description)are not "sworn" to uphold/enforce the law.....