Policy Text
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OFFICIAL TRAVEL ABOARD COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT
THE PURPOSE OF THIS GENERAL ORDER IS TO DELINEATE A PROCEDURE F OR OFFICERS TRANSPORTING PRISONERS
AND/OR CARRYING A FIREARM ON THEIR P ERSON ABOARD SCHEDULED AIR CARR IERS.
I. FEDERAL AVIATION R EGULATIONS SECTION 121.584 OUTLINES CERTAIN SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS WHICH
MUST BE MET BY THE COMMERCIAL AI RLINES AND THOSE LAW ENFORCEMEN T OFFICERS WHO ARE
ESCORTING PERSONS IN THEIR CUSTOD Y BY COMMERCIAL AIR TRANSPORTA TION.
II. AN OFFICER WHO HAS IN HIS CUSTODY A PERSON BEING TRANSPORTED BY AIR TRANSPORTATION MUST :
A. NOTIFY THE AIRLINE AT LEAST ONE HOUR , OR IN AN EMERGENCY AS SOON AS PRACTICAL , BEFORE
DEPARTURE , OF THE IDENTITY OF THE ESCORTED PERSON AND THE FLIGHT ON WHICH HE/SHE
WILL BE CARRIED .
B. NOTIFY THE AIRLINE AS TO WHE THER THE ESCORTED PERSON IS
CONSIDERED DANGEROUS BY THE OFFICER .
C. BE EQUIPPED WITH ADEQUATE RESTRAINING DEVICES TO BE USED IN THE EVENT THAT THE
OFFICER DETERMINES THAT RESTR AINT OF THE PERSON IN HIS /HER CUSTODY IS NECESSARY .
D. ENSURE THAT THE ESCORTED PERSON IS AT ALL TIMES KEPT UNDER THE OFFICER'S
SURVEILLANCE .
E. IF THE AIRLINE HAS BEEN NOTIFIED BY THE OFFICER THAT THE PERSON IN HIS/HER CUSTODY IS
CONSIDERED DANGEROUS , THE OFFICER MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AT LEAST ONE OTHER
OFFICER.
III. FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE AIRL INES REQUIRE THE AIR CARRIER TO :
A. BOARD THE OFFICER ሺSሻ WITH THE PERSON IN HIS /HER CUSTODY BEFORE ALL OTHER ENPLANING
PASSENGERS , AND DEPLANE THEM AFTER ALL OTHE R PASSENGERS HAVE LEFT THE AIRC RAFT.
B. HAVE THE OFFICER ሺSሻ AND PERSON ESCORTED SEATED IN T HE REARMOST PASSENGER SEATS THA T
ARE NOT LOCATED NEXT TO NOR DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM AN AIRCRAFT EX IT.
C. ASSURE THAT AT LEAST ONE ESCORTING OFFICER SITS BETWEEN THE PER SON IN HIS /HER
CUSTODY AND ANY AISLE .
D. ASSURE NO FOOD , BEVERAGES , OR METAL EATING UTENSILS ARE PROVIDED AN ESCORTED PERSON
UNLESS AUTHORIZED BY THE OFFICER .
E. ASSURE NEITHER THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS , NOR THE PERSON IN THEIR CUSTODY
2 2/04 ሺREV 10/88ሻ ARE SERVED , NOR DRINK , ANY ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE WH ILE ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT .
IV. THE FEDERAL AVIATION DIRECTIVES R EQUIRE THAT ANY LAW ENFORCEMEN T OFFICER WHO WISHES TO
CARRY A WEAPON , O N H I S P E R S O N , A B O A R D A N A I R C R A F T M U S T P R O V I D E A L E T T E R F R O M H I S
DEPARTMENT SIGNED BY A SUPERVI SORY MEMBER OF THE DEPARTMENT .
A. IN COMPLIANCE WITH THIS REQUIREMENT , A F O R M L E T T E R H A S B E E N P R E P A R E D O N
DEPARTMENTAL STATIONERY AUTHORIZING AN OFFICER , WHILE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS
DUTY, TO CARRY A WEAPON ABOARD AN AIRCRAFT .