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

(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.

(a) Update its Badge Accountability Memorandum to clarify that with respect to their ability to carrya firearm, staff are prohibited from using their badges other than to establish a staff member'sauthorization to carry a firearm while on duty and/or carrying out responsibilities that are part ofthe employee's normal BOP duties; (b) Update its LEOSA memorandum to clarify that staff areprohibited from using the BOP-issued badges to demonstrate eligibility to carry a concealed firearm;and (c) Determine whether it is necessary to issue badges to BOP employees who are not authorizedto carry firearms.