Labor & Employment Law

Legal Aspects of Firearms Restrictions - Part One: Management's Right to Restrict or Forbid a Law Enforcement Officer from Carrying Firearms

Legal Aspects of Firearms Restrictions - Part One: Management's Right to Restrict or Forbid a Law Enforcement Officer from Carrying Firearms

Source: AELE Law Enforcement Legal Center, http://www.aele.org/, Reproduced with permission. Copyright © 2009 AELE

This article discusses management's decision to disarm an officer, such as a reaction to a high-profile shooting. It also addresses issues like terminated officers who are reinstated by a court, arbitrator or civil service commission; officers awaiting the outcome of litigation; psychological fitness; and stress considerations. The article is posted on the Internet at http://aele.org/law/2009-02MLJ201.html

Part Two - Management?s Right to Restrict or Forbid a Class of Officers from carrying Firearms: Bargaining and Arbitration Rights -- Failure to arm officers who work, will be published next month.

Full post as published by New York Public Personnel Law on March 02, 2009 (boomark / email).