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Transportation Security Administration, DHS 

§ 1544.219 

(2) For operations under a partial 

program under § 1544.101(b) and (c), a 
twelve-five program under § 1544.101(d) 
and (e), a private charter program 
under § 1544.101(f), or a full all-cargo 
program under § 1544.101(h) and (i), each 
aircraft operator must— 

(i) Arrange for law enforcement per-

sonnel meeting the qualifications and 
standards specified in § 1542.217 of this 
chapter to be available to respond to 
an incident; and 

(ii) Provide its employees, including 

crewmembers, current information re-
garding procedures for obtaining law 
enforcement assistance at that airport. 

(b) The following applies to oper-

ations at airports required to hold se-
curity programs under part 1542 of this 
chapter. For operations under a partial 
program under § 1544.101(b) and (c), a 
twelve-five program under § 1544.101(d) 
and (e), a private charter program 
under § 1544.101(f), or a full all-cargo 
program under § 1544.101(h) and (i), each 
aircraft operator must— 

(1) Arrange with TSA and the airport 

operator, as appropriate, for law en-
forcement personnel meeting the quali-
fications and standards specified in 
§ 1542.217 of this chapter to be available 
to respond to incidents, and 

(2) Provide its employees, including 

crewmembers, current information re-
garding procedures for obtaining law 
enforcement assistance at that airport. 

[67 FR 8364, Feb. 22, 2002, as amended at 71 
FR 30510, May 26, 2006] 

§ 1544.219

Carriage of accessible weap-

ons. 

(a) 

Flights for which screening is con-

ducted. 

The provisions of § 1544.201(d), 

with respect to accessible weapons, do 
not apply to a law enforcement officer 
(LEO) aboard a flight for which screen-
ing is required if the requirements of 
this section are met. Paragraph (a) of 
this section does not apply to a Federal 
Air Marshal on duty status under 
§ 1544.223. 

(1) Unless otherwise authorized by 

TSA, the armed LEO must meet the 
following requirements: 

(i) Be a Federal law enforcement offi-

cer or a full-time municipal, county, or 
state law enforcement officer who is a 
direct employee of a government agen-
cy. 

(ii) Be sworn and commissioned to 

enforce criminal statutes or immigra-
tion statutes. 

(iii) Be authorized by the employing 

agency to have the weapon in connec-
tion with assigned duties. 

(iv) Has completed the training pro-

gram ‘‘Law Enforcement Officers Fly-
ing Armed.’’ 

(2) In addition to the requirements of 

paragraph (a)(1) of this section, the 
armed LEO must have a need to have 
the weapon accessible from the time he 
or she would otherwise check the weap-
on until the time it would be claimed 
after deplaning. The need to have the 
weapon accessible must be determined 
by the employing agency, department, 
or service and be based on one of the 
following: 

(i) The provision of protective duty, 

for instance, assigned to a principal or 
advance team, or on travel required to 
be prepared to engage in a protective 
function. 

(ii) The conduct of a hazardous sur-

veillance operation. 

(iii) On official travel required to re-

port to another location, armed and 
prepared for duty. 

(iv) Employed as a Federal LEO, 

whether or not on official travel, and 
armed in accordance with an agency- 
wide policy governing that type of 
travel established by the employing 
agency by directive or policy state-
ment. 

(v) Control of a prisoner, in accord-

ance with § 1544.221, or an armed LEO 
on a round trip ticket returning from 
escorting, or traveling to pick up, a 
prisoner. 

(vi) TSA Federal Air Marshal on duty 

status. 

(3) The armed LEO must comply with 

the following notification require-
ments: 

(i) All armed LEOs must notify the 

aircraft operator of the flight(s) on 
which he or she needs to have the 
weapon accessible at least 1 hour, or in 
an emergency as soon as practicable, 
before departure. 

(ii) Identify himself or herself to the 

aircraft operator by presenting creden-
tials that include a clear full-face pic-
ture, the signature of the armed LEO, 

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