Military Police...?

Question

Are military police allowed to carry their weapons concealed on base, wihle off duty? And also, are they allowed to leave base with them, under the authority of a federal law enforcement officer?

Ok, because my friend is always carrying his weapon (concealed) off base, saying he's got an official permit to do so, being an MP, and he's always speeding, saying that local PD gives him professional courtesy?

Answer 1

Military police on occasion have the need for their police investigators to "dress down" in order to be less conspicuous when conducting undercover investigations.

They are provided with a letter of approval from their commanding officer and base commander endorsement.

Military police do have the ability to go off base in their official capacity provided they work closely with their civilian counterparts.

They are not "federal law enforcement officers" under the definition provided by law. Federal officers are those employed by the FBI, DEA, ATF, US Marshalls, etc.

If memory serves me correctly...CID, NAS, and AFOSI do fall under the "federal officer" status.

If you have further questions, feel free to email me directly.

Answer 2

The Royal Military Police, otherwise known as Monkeys...eeeek. In my opinion a good choice. Now, military police do everything a normal police officer in the uk will do, except that he does it in different circumstances, He will learn the law according to PACE, he will deal with all offences committed by military personnel. Then, there is the other side, you will be expected to be a soldier, you will be expected to go to war, and probably kill people, a bit extreme I know but that is the reality of it. Some MP's will be attached to certain units, for example, when I served with the Parachute Brigade, one of the units was 160 Parachute Provost company, and most of them had completed P company a hard physical course, and then completed a military parachute course. They then were allowed to wear the maroon beret, one of the symbols of the airborne. There job was to police Aldershot town alongside the local police. You will also get within the MP's the specialist, such as SIB the same as CID, drug squads, etc. I would imagine the work would be very interesting and rewarding. Are they hated, well, most decent people will not hate the police, after all they are there for your benefit, and as for the travel in the army, well the postings are not there as they used to be but there are one or two exotic places left, after all an MP could be sent to an embassy in some far off place like USA, or Australia, however you could end up in Iraq or Afaghanistan,,,,,,,,,,

Answer 3

MP's (the ones who are in uniform and work the road, doesn't apply to CID per se) are not authorized to carry concealed weapons on post or can carry weapons off duty that are visible. They still need to have state permits to carry concealed weapons off post just as anyone does. The only difference for us is that it's a little easier to get the permits through our training certificates which take the place of classes offered to submit to the state to attain a permit.

Answer 4

They aren't normally allowed to carry concealed. They are allowed to leave base with them if on duty.

Answer 5

For those who have questions about Military carrying concealed try looking at HR218
The act was introduced to Congress as H.R. 218 and if a policeman knows about this act he/she most likely will refer to it as H.R.218.

What H.R. 218 did was give police including military police officers the ability to carry a concealed firearm in any State or US possession, such as Puerto Rico.


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Answer 6

I don't think military police (MP'S) are allowed to carry concealed weapons.