Home

Blog

Subjects

Recent Blog Posts

What People Think

67% For, 33% Against

(put this on your site)

Take Action

Vote on this Bill
For
Against
Speak Out
Comment on this Bill
Alert Your Friends and Colleagues
Write Your Representative in Congress
Save & Share
del.icio.us
Digg
Facebook
Google
Reddit
Yahoo!

H.R. 7015, To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide police officers, criminal investigators, and game law enforcement officers of the Department of Defense with authority to execute warrants, make arrests, and carry firearms (3 comments ↓)

H.R. 7015 would amend title 10, United States Code, to provide police officers, criminal investigators, and game law enforcement officers of the Department of Defense with authority to execute warrants, make arrests, and carry firearms.

(read more ↓)


Learn More

See Related Bills:

    N/A

See Bills on the Same Subject:
N/A

See Bills in the Same Budget Category:
N/A

Visitor Comments Comments Feed for This Bill

topcop357

It's a great bill, and long overdue!

Skeptical Cop

Uh-oh, I smell a rat here. This bill as written has loopholes big enough to drive a truck through. To begin with, it says the Secretary of Defense "may" authorize any law enforcement officer of the Department of Defense...to serve and execute warrants, to make arrests, and to carry firearms.
The language is not compelling, and if the SECDEF decides not to authorize anyone, he'll have that authority. Further, it says it applies to law enforcement officers of the Department of Defense, but does not define that term. In other words, Pentagon Force protection officers could be covered, but Department of the Army, Navy, and Air Force officers could be intentionally left out by the SECDEF. Also, authority will not be conveyed by this law, but by policy TBD the SECDEF and Attorney General. Just like LEOSA, the Army's OPMG (proponent for all DOD police), will say "no way". It would be best to get this fixed NOW, instead of through an amendment like the LEOSA fiasco.

MCAS Civilian Cop

Thanks to Bob Filner for his Bill HR7015. I along with other DOD police officers would like to see this become law. Semper Fi.

Add Comment

Number of characters:

Comments are limited to 1,000 characters. Please do other visitors the courtesy of expressing yourself concisely. WashingtonWatch.com bears no responsibility for comments nor any obligation to publish them. Comments that are impolite, off-topic, violations of others' rights, or advertisements are likely to be removed.
 
(To request new code, make a copy of your comment and hit "Refresh" in your browser.)

Trackback URL: http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/trackback/110_HR_7015.html

RSS Feeds for This Bill

Keep yourself updated on user contributions and debates about this bill! (Learn more about RSS.)