At MARKSMAN we have Instructor Staff who are TN P.O.S.T. Certified Firearms Instructors. Tennessee P.O.S.T. certified Firearms Instructors are certified Firearms Instructors who are qualified to conduct a firearms qualification test for active duty officers within that State.  As such, we are authorized to conduct the LEOSA annual firearms qualification requirement.

The Law Enforcement Officers’ Safety Act (LEOSA) as amended can be cited as 18 USC 926B (for active duty law enforcement officers) and 18 USC 926C (for retired or separated officers).

A “qualified retired law enforcement officer” is defined as an individual who:

(1) separated from service in good standing from service with a public agency as a law enforcement officer;

(2) before such separation, 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 or apprehension under section 807(b) of title 10, United States Code (article 7(b) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice);

(3)(A) before such separation, served as a law enforcement officer for an aggregate of 10 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;

(4) during the most recent 12-month period, has met, at the expense of the individual, the standards for qualification in firearms training for active law enforcement officers, as determined by the former agency of the individual, the State in which the individual resides or, if the State has not established such standards, either a law enforcement agency within the State in which the individual resides or the standards used by a certified firearms instructor that is qualified to conduct a firearms qualification test for active duty officers within that State;

(5)(A) has not been officially found by a qualified medical professional employed by the agency to be unqualified for reasons relating to mental health and as a result of this finding will not be issued the photographic identification as described in subsection (d)(1); or

(B) has not entered into an agreement with the agency from which the individual is separating from service in which that individual acknowledges he or she is not qualified under this section for reasons relating to mental health and for those reasons will not receive or accept the photographic identification as described in subsection (d)(1);

(6) is not under the influence of alcohol or another intoxicating or hallucinatory drug or substance; and

(7) is not prohibited by Federal law from receiving a firearm.

(d) The identification required by this subsection is–

(1) a photographic identification issued by the agency from which the individual separated from service as a law enforcement officer that identifies the person as having been employed as a police officer or law enforcement officer and indicates that the individual has, not less recently than one year before the date the individual is carrying the concealed firearm, been tested or otherwise found by the agency to meet the active duty standards for qualification in firearms training as established by the agency to carry a firearm of the same type as the concealed firearm; or

(2)(A) a photographic identification issued by the agency from which the individual separated from service as a law enforcement officer that indicates the person as having been employed as a police officer or law enforcement officer; and

(B) during the most recent 12-month period, has met,
at the expense of the individual, the standards for qualification
in firearms training for active law enforcement officers, as
determined by the former agency of the individual, the State
in which the individual resides or, if the State has not established such standards, either a law enforcement agency within
the State in which the individual resides or the standards
used by a certified firearms instructor that is qualified to conduct a firearms qualification test for active duty officers within
that State;’’

LEOSA Initial Certification

LEOSA Renewal Certification

**IMPORTANT**

MARKSMAN, LLC would like to point out some important information for those retired LEO who might have questions regarding the State of Tennessee’s code related to LEOSA.  Please visit our blog for articles and insight.