LEOSA applies to ALL military law enforcement personnel, officer, WO and enslited; ACTIVE, GUARD AND RESERVE, who have powers of apprehension under the UCMJ and are issued and assigned to formal job, rate, MOS, AFSC, duty position, etc as military law enforcement; Army CID, AF OSI, military personnel assigned to NCIS, CGIS, CG base police, AF Security Forces, correction specialists, master at arms, of all branches, investigators, IG, DCIS, DIS, Pentagon Police, MP Army, MP USMC, DOD civilian law enforcement of all branches and the DOD and any others I am or may be missing. Army counter intelligence agents for example, carry badge and credentials and firearms and have apprehension and investigation powers, although generally limited to intel matters, they have the same powers as do CID agents technically. They were always included by the verbiage of LEOSA and their duties, but recently, the Army formally cleared that up and included them too. As long as they are LE and have a military-issued photo ID credential(s). ALL branches of the armed forces have avenues to issue their LE troops such. Also former active, Guard and Reserve MPs who were honorably discharged with over 10 years as an MP qualify, as do honorable retirees with over 10 years in a LE field. Recently, the Army finally added couter intelligence CI agents too, to CID, MP and DOD police. This provides, as long as you qualify to the standards of your old agency or thru an agency or private firearms trainer who is authorized by the standards of the state in which you now permanently reside to do annual qualification, and have agency issued photo ID as a retired cop, you're good to go and federal law trumps state law. You CAN'T BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE WHEN SO CARRYING. I have retired civilian police ID from NC where I was a chief after serving up the ranks for 23 years. Now, I am getting the LEOSA credential too, to keep in my safe deposit box with my passport, in case I ever lose the state ID and cant get a replacement. Remember: agencies MAY issue the retiree credential, but don't HAVE to, and private police, even if fully POST trained, certified and sworn do now count, such as non-federal railroad police, private college and school campus police nad private hospital police. NC extends the retiree privileges to retired private police within NC, and grants them the same rights as local, state, federal and military LE retirees under federal law-LEOSA, but that ends at the state lines. LEOSA also covers probation officers and correction officers, who have limited powers of arrest and don't always carry firearms, but CAN. Reserve, special, auxiliary and part-time officers who have ten years or more of honorable service are also covered. Being retired for mental instability is a disqualifier. NC issues a pocket card, good for one year, so if a cop stops you, you declare being CCH LEOSA, and they get shitty and demand proof of "annual qualification" you can produce it. It is small and fits with credentials easily. It is $50.00. Option B is to carry a copy of your range card or annual range qualification report from your state, agency or state of residence. Option C is to produce it at trial if you are charged. I have a pal, retired NC state officer, now lives just over the line in SC> He comes back once a year and goes to the range with his old agency and they let him tag along. Me, I get it done one on one and pay a firearms instructor pal a small fee and he runs me thru.
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