Transportation Security Administration, DHS
(2) For operations under a partial
program under Section 1544.101(b) and (c), a
twelve-five program under Section 1544.101(d)
and (e), a private charter program
under Section 1544.101(f), or a full all-cargo
program under Section 1544.101(h) and (i), each
aircraft operator must - 
(i) Arrange for law enforcement personnel meeting the qualifications and
standards specified in Section 1542.217 of this
chapter to be available to respond to
an incident; and
(ii) Provide its employees, including
crewmembers, current information regarding procedures for obtaining law
enforcement assistance at that airport.
(b) The following applies to operations at airports required to hold security programs under part 1542 of this
chapter. For operations under a partial
program under Section 1544.101(b) and (c), a
twelve-five program under Section 1544.101(d)
and (e), a private charter program
under Section 1544.101(f), or a full all-cargo
program under Section 1544.101(h) and (i), each
aircraft operator must - 
(1) Arrange with TSA and the airport
operator, as appropriate, for law enforcement personnel meeting the qualifications and standards specified in
Section 1542.217 of this chapter to be available
to respond to incidents, and
(2) Provide its employees, including
crewmembers, current information regarding procedures for obtaining law
enforcement assistance at that airport.

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

Section 1544.219 Carriage of accessible weapons.
(a) Flights for which screening is conducted. The provisions of Section 1544.201(d),
with respect to accessible weapons, do
not apply to a law enforcement officer
(LEO) aboard a flight for which screening 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
Section 1544.223.
(1) Unless otherwise authorized by
TSA, the armed LEO must meet the
following requirements:
(i) Be a Federal law enforcement officer or a full-time municipal, county, or
state law enforcement officer who is a
direct employee of a government agency.

Section 1544.219

(ii) Be sworn and commissioned to
enforce criminal statutes or immigration statutes.
(iii) Be authorized by the employing
agency to have the weapon in connection with assigned duties.
(iv) Has completed the training program  - Law Enforcement Officers Flying 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 weapon 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 surveillance operation.
(iii) On official travel required to report 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 agencywide policy governing that type of
travel established by the employing
agency by directive or policy statement.
(v) Control of a prisoner, in accordance with Section 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 requirements:
(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 credentials that include a clear full-face picture, the signature of the armed LEO,

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