Posted: 5/17/2006 6:51:48 AM EDT
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This is from another website and I had a hell of a time trying to understand what this guy was trying to say... I had it bookmarked and forgot about it and it had gotten locked in the meantime. So.... CHL holder gets a job in private law enforcement Its no joke and it is definitely not a lie. I recently obtained a job because I was a law abiding citizen and I have a CHL. Presently I am employed Part-Time by EMC Security doing armed Loss Prevention at a local Sporting Goods store. The store sells firearms, hunting supplies, military warez, and other retail good such as winter gear like Southpole and Columbia. My CHL has opened one door for me that will apply for any future job opportunities in Law Enforcement which I have a great interest in. I am currently required to go and do more firearms training. Approximately 25 more hours of training which will make me fall under a different Category as I will be certified under OPATA (State Peace Officers training). I would run under Dept of Public Safety a Division of Ohio Department of Homeland Security. So, in a commission of a crime I would not be charged. It would almost be like Force VS Force. I would be able to shoot to stop like a Peace Officer if need be. So after the OPATA training I would have a total of 39 hours of firearms training in a years time. My OPATA training would have to be requalified for each year and will run me $190 per year. I can be State trained for shotgun as well as any other type of firearm I may be called upon to use. I would call the Concealed Carry Law a blessing for me and my children as it has started me on the path for a career in which that I will have a stable job and pay while doing what I like best. Busting people while being able to protect myself and other if the need arises. The blue sentence was soon edited to "Helping people in one way or another. While being able to protect myself and other if the need arises." after they called him on it. 
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http://www.homelandsecurity.ohio.gov I looked up DPS/Ohio Department of Homeland security. Looks like they are in charge of lic. of PI's and PVT security. So in a nutshell this guy is proud of the fact that he has a CHL and Has passed the pvt security course, and is now officially "commisioned" as pvt security. |
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It sounds sort of similar to a Virginia DCJS "Registered Armed Security Officer". They go through 40 hours of state mandated training and firearms qualifications and pass a FBI fingerprint check and a state police background check. They have the authority to arrest "for an offense committed in their presence" while at the property that they are contracted to protect. They can also issue summonses and obtain their own warrants and juvenile petitions. Because they are considered "agents of the property" they actually have more authority there when on duty than a police officer does. But they are not sworn law enforcement officers. Virginia also has "Special Conservator of the Peace". It is a step above "Registered Armed Security Officer" in that they are sworn law enforcement officers and have jurisdiction anywhere the court that appointed them grants. ..even though they work for a private business or corporation. They have to have at a minimum the same training as a reg. armed security ofc. and post a surety bond. if they go through a LE academy and get certified then they don't have to have a bond posted. Most of the spec. conservators I have come across have been goofs, but there are some that work for private PD (for some large "gated" communities) that are decent. |