La. R.S. § 40:1379.1.4 . Carrying of Concealed Firearms By Qualified Retired Law Enforcement Officers

• Library: Louisiana Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current with changes from the 2023 Legislative Session
• Year: 2023
• Citation: La. R.S. § 40:1379.1.4

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of state law or any ordinance of any political subdivision and subject to the rules and regulations or policies of the agency or office from which the individual has retired, an individual who is retired from service as a qualified law enforcement officer and who was commissioned by the agency or office from which he retired and is carrying the identification required by his office as a retired law enforcement officer, may carry a concealed firearm anywhere in the state, including any place open to the public.

B. As used in this Section, the term "qualified retired law enforcement officer" means an individual who meets all of the following:

(1) Separated from service in good standing from a law enforcement agency as a qualified law enforcement officer. For purposes of this Section, an officer is in "good standing" unless the officer is the subject of an internal investigation for which the presumptive penalty, if the investigation is disposed of as "sustained", is termination.

(2) Before such separation, was an active, full-time employee of a state or municipal law enforcement agency or sheriff's office and is certified in the use of firearms by the Peace Officer Standards and Training Council.

(3) Was authorized by law to engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, or prosecution of, or the incarceration of any person for, any violation of law, and had statutory powers of arrest.

(4)

(a) Before such separation, served as a law enforcement officer for an aggregate of twelve years or more; or

(b) Separated from service with such agency after completing any applicable probationary period of such service due to a service-connected disability, as determined by such agency.