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GWbiker wrote:
GWbiker wrote:
As I read it you just need powers of arrest when on duty. If you can arrest someone visiting and does something illegal, or who trespasses upon prison property, or even arrest someone in prison already, then as I read it you have arrest powers, period.Jared wrote:A basic requirement for an active or retired CO to be covered under LEOSA is "Powers of Arrest" under Peace Officer status. Not all state legislatures endow their corrections officers with Peace Officer status and P.O.A. while off duty.You may be covered under LEOSA. You may want to check into that. Many CO's are. The BOP qualifies. Go though 18 USC 926B. Read the section line by line, if you answer yes to those questions you qualify.
The answer to your question is that legally speaking, a Maryland permit is to "wear, transport, or carry" a handgun. It is not a CCW, concealment is not mandatory and the permit is only good for pistols, not for other weapons, although, you can carry any blade in maryland as long as it is in open view.
Pennsylvania Correction Officers lobbied for Peace officer status in the late 90's, but such action was blocked by the Pennsylvania Fraternal Order of Police (FOP).