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(a) Update its policies and training (including the LEOSA memorandum, the Standards of EmployeeConduct, and related training materials) to clarify the appropriate and prohibited uses of employeecredentials ; and (b) Either (1) ensure that only employees who are authorized by the BOP to carry afirearm receive credentials with law enforcement markings, or (2) for BOP employees who are noteligible or authorized by the BOP to carry a firearm, add to their credential that limitation to theirLEO status by, for example, including an endorsement on the credential that the holder is notauthorized by BOP to carry a firearm.
Recommendation Number
1
Date Issued
Status
Resolved
Component
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Report
Notification of Concerns Regarding the Federal Bureau of Prisons Providing Credentials with Law Enforcement Officer Markings and Badges to Employees That Are Not Authorized to Carry Firearms