Dear thomasmann-ga;
Thank you for allowing me an opportunity to answer your interesting
question.
Federal Bureau of Prisons employees (Officers) are permitted to carry
weapons, affect arrests and serve warrants within the scope of their
duties. This is authorized by:
TITLE 18, PART II, CHAPTER 203, Sec. 3050 of the United States Code
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/htm_hl?DB=uscode18&STEMMER=en&WORDS=firearm+prison+&COLOUR=Red&STYLE=s&URL=/uscode/18/3050.html#muscat_highlighter_first_match
Which states, in part:
“An officer or employee of the Bureau of Prisons may
…make arrests on or off of Bureau of Prisons property without warrant
for violations of the following provisions regardless of where the
violation may occur: sections 111 (assaulting officers), 751 (escape),
and 752 (assisting escape) of title 18, United States Code, and
section 1826(c) (escape) of title 28, United States Code; …make
arrests on Bureau of Prisons premises or reservation land of a penal,
detention, or correctional facility without warrant for violations
occurring thereon of the following provisions: sections 661 (theft),
1361 (depredation of property), 1363 (destruction of property), 1791
(contraband), 1792 (mutiny and riot), and 1793 (trespass) of title 18,
United States Code; and …arrest without warrant for any other offense
described in title 18 or 21 of the United States Code, if committed on
the premises or reservation of a penal or correctional facility of the
Bureau of Prisons if necessary to safeguard security, good order, or
government property…if such officer or employee has reasonable grounds
to believe that the arrested person is guilty of such offense, and if
there is likelihood of such person's escaping before an arrest warrant
can be obtained. If the arrested person is a fugitive from custody,
such prisoner shall be returned to custody. Officers and employees of
the said Bureau of Prisons may carry firearms under such rules and
regulations as the Attorney General may prescribe”
There is no provision for concealed weapons off duty, however, as a 20
year veteran of law enforcement myself, I can tell you that it is
almost universally customary for administrative or investigative
officers working ON DUTY in plain clothes, who are authorized to carry
weapons within the scope of their duties, to conceal them under outer
clothing so as to refrain from causing undue alarm or creating an
authoritarian presence (not to mention the fact that plain clothes
officers present a greater target for disarmament than do uniformed
officers). My own department practices this policy, as do most
departments that I am currently aware of.
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