To: gronieel2 who wrote (870022 ) 7/2/2015 5:26:33 PM From: TideGlider Respond to I don't know what you mean about right wing nuts being adamant about state to state carrying, but there was a problem with the Bill signed by President Bush so President Obama signed amendment that stopped several states from putting up road blocks to the proper functioning of the bill.President Signs Chuck Canterbury, National President of the Fraternal Order of Police, thanked President Barack H. Obama II, who kept his word and signed S. 1132, the "Law Enforcement Officers' Safety Act Improvements Act," into law this evening. “ The legislation, which was crafted by Senator Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT), Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary and author of the original statute, will improve certain provisions of the Law Enforcement Officers' Safety Act (LEOSA), especially with respect to retired law enforcement officers. Chairman Leahy worked hand-in-hand with the FOP to develop the legislation, which also makes clear that law enforcement officers employed by the Amtrak and Federal Reserve Police Departments, as well as those employed by the executive branch of the Federal Government who are classified as GS-0083s--especially the U.S. Department of Defense--meet the definition of "qualified law enforcement officer" in current law. The new law also lowers the aggregate years of service needed to meet the definition of "qualified retired law enforcement officer" from fifteen (15) to ten (10) and removes confusing language related to that same definition. The Fraternal Order of Police is the largest law enforcement labor organization in the country with more than 328,000 members. Click HERE
