As a LEO or retired LEO, it is important to know when and where you can carry a concealed weapon to reduce your off-duty risk of being arrested and your on-duty risk for civil liability. The Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004, as amended by the Improvements Act of 2010, also known as "H.R. 218" or "LEOSA" outlines who can carry, what firearms can be carried, when firearms can be carried, where they can and cannot be carried, why they may be carried, and how firearms must be carried under LEOSA.
"Understanding H.R. 218: LEOSA Rights & Responsibilities" is a four-hour seminar for current and retired LEOs and explores more than 20 court decisions which impact the rights and responsibilities of qualified current and retired LEOs under H.R. 218.
This course is recommended for:
• Police Executives, Directors, Police Chiefs & Supervisors
• Firearms Instructors
• LEOs who travel outside their jurisdiction
• Retiring & Retired LEOs
By attending the course you will learn how to protect or establish your right to concealed carry as a qualified LEO or as a qualified retired LEO.
The course is scheduled for Saturday, October 1, 2011 at Marymount University - Truland Auditorium, 1000 North Glebe Road, Arlington, VA 22201.
For more details about the seminar and to register, please click here.
The seminar will be taught by Steve Mannion, a practicing attorney who served as law enforcement defense counsel for Essex County, N.J. for five years. He has also been a police legal advisor for 16 years and a part-time federal LEO for six years. Mr. Mannion has participated in eight of the known twenty LEOSA decisions and is the only attorney who has been successful with LEOSA issues in state and/or federal courts in New Jersey, New York, Virginia, Massachusetts and Illinois. He was listed as a LEOSA expert witness in the case of People of Illinois v. Drew Peterson.
