Course Information
Course title: Flying Armed for Law Enforcement Officers
Course number: FA1204
Course description: This course will fulfill the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) requirements that all criminal justice personnel who must fly in a commercial aircraft while armed must undergo training in the proper procedures for flying armed (Revised 2010).  

The objective of this training course is to insure that while flying armed, the law enforcement officer will be able to operate in the aviation domain in accordance with Title 49 CFR 1544.219 and 1544.221.

Prerequisite(s): Students below the rank of sergeant must be enrolled by a supervisor.

Course Requirements
Introduction: This course is comprised of one training module.  Students who complete this course will earn 2 hours of career development in-service training credit.

Requirements: Students must read the material contained in training module. After the student has read the material in the module, he must take the module quiz. In order to successfully complete the module quiz, the student must score 70%. The student will be given two opportunities to successfully complete the quiz. At the director's discretion, a third opportunity may be granted upon the request of the student's chief, sheriff or agency administrator.

Lesson
Lesson: Flying Armed for Law Enforcement Officers
Objectives or Goals: This course meets the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) training requirements for law enforcement officers who must fly armed in the performance of their duties as revised in 2010.   This course does not meet the length requirement to qualify for DCJS in-service credit.

The training objective are as follows:

- The officer must identify the regulations pertaining to law enforcement officers flying armed.

- The officer must demonstrate the proper procedures for the carriage of prisoners.

- The officer must demonstrate the proper handling of firearms and self defense weapons as they relate to the aircraft environment.

- The officer must identify proper conduct in the airport environment and onboard the aircraft.


Handouts
  1. Title 49 CFR 1544.215  (In-Flight Security coordinators)
  2. Title 49 CFR 1544.219 (Carriage of accessible weapons).
  3. Title 49 CFR 1544.221 (Carriage of prisoners under the control of armed law enforcement officers).
  4. Title 49 CFR 1544.223 (Transportation of Federal Air Marshals).
  5. LEO Flying Armed Forms
  6. NLETS FAQs
  7. Nlets Fomatting Document