[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 10, Volume 4]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 10CFR1047.4]



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                            TITLE 10--ENERGY

 

          CHAPTER X--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (GENERAL PROVISIONS)

 

PART 1047_LIMITED ARREST AUTHORITY AND USE OF FORCE BY PROTECTIVE FORCE 

OFFICERS--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 1047.4  Arrest authority.



    (a) Under the Act, the authority of a DOE protective force officer 

to arrest without warrant is limited to the performance of official 

duties and should be exercised only in the enforcement of:

    (1) The following laws only if property of the United States which 

is in the custody of the DOE or its contractors is involved:

    (i) Felonies: (A) Arson--18 U.S.C. 81--(only applicable to ``special 

maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States'' as defined 

by 18 U.S.C. 7).

    (B) Building or property within special maritime and territorial 

jurisdiction--18 U.S.C. 1363--(only applicable to ``special maritime and 

territorial jurisdiction of United States'' as defined by 18 U.S.C. 7).

    (C) Civil disorder--18 U.S.C. 231.

    (D) Communication lines, stations or systems--18 U.S.C. 1362.

    (E) Concealment, removal or mutilation generally--18 U.S.C. 2071.

    (F) Conspiracy--18 U.S.C. 371--(violation of this section is a 

felony if the offense which is the object of the conspiracy is a 

felony).

    (G) Destruction of motor vehicles or motor vehicle facilities--18 

U.S.C. 33.

    (H) Explosives--18 U.S.C. 844(f).

    (I) Government property or contracts--18 U.S.C. 1361--(violation of 

section is a felony if property damage exceeds $100).

    (J) Military, naval or official passes--18 U.S.C. 499--(pertains to 

forging or altering official passes).

    (K) Personal property of the United States--18 U.S.C. 2112.

    (L) Public money, property, or records--18 U.S.C. 641--(violation of 

section is a felony if the property value exceeds $100).

    (M) Sabotage--18 U.S.C. 2151, 2153-2156.

    (N) Violation under Physical Security Convention--18 U.S.C. 831.

    (ii) Misdemeanors: (A) Conspiracy--18 U.S.C. 371--(violation of 

section is a misdemeanor if the offense which is the object of the 

conspiracy is a misdemeanor).



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    (B) Explosives--18 U.S.C. 844(g).

    (C) Government property or contracts--18 U.S.C. 1361--(violation of 

section is a misdemeanor if the property damage does not exceed $100).

    (D) Official badges, identification cards, other insignia--18 U.S.C. 

701--(pertains to the manufacture, sale, and possession of official 

insignia).

    (E) Public money, property or records--18 U.S.C. 641--(violation of 

section is a misdemeanor if the property value does not exceed $100).

    (2) The following criminal provisions of the Atomic Energy Act:

    (i) Felonies: (A) Section 222. Violation of Specific Sections--42 

U.S.C. 2272.

    (B) Section 223. Violation of Sections Generally. 42 U.S.C. 2273.

    (C) Section 224. Communication of Restricted Data--42 U.S.C. 2274.

    (D) Section 225. Receipt of Restricted Data--42 U.S.C. 2275.

    (E) Section 226. Tampering with Restricted Data--42 U.S.C. 2276.

    (ii) Misdemeanors: (A) Section 227. Disclosure of Restricted Data--

42 U.S.C. 2277.

    (B) Section 229. Trespass Upon Commission (DOE) Installations--42 

U.S.C. 2278.

    (C) Section 230. Photographing, etc., of Commission (DOE) 

Installations--42 U.S.C. 2278.b.

    (b) Felony Arrests. A protective force officer is authorized to make 

an arrest for any felony listed in paragraph (a)(1)(i) or (a)(2)(i) of 

this section if the offense is committed in the presence of the 

protective force officer or if he or she has reasonable grounds to 

believe that the individual to be arrested has committed or is 

committing the felony.

    (1) In the presence of means that the criminal act must have taken 

place in the physical presence of (under the observation of) the 

protective force officer. Knowledge of the existence of a criminal 

violation obtained in any other way (e.g., information from other 

persons) is not sufficient to permit an arrest under this part of the 

Act.

    (2) Reasonable grounds to believe means that, at the moment of 

arrest, either the facts and circumstances within the knowledge of the 

protective force officer, or of which the protective force officer had 

reasonably trustworthy information, were sufficient to cause a prudent 

person to believe that the suspect had committed or was committing the 

offense.

    (c) Misdemeanor Arrest. A protective force officer is authorized to 

make an arrest for any misdemeanor listed in paragraph (a)(1)(ii) or 

(a)(2)(ii) of this section if the offense is committed in the presence 

of the protective force officer.

    (d) Other Authority. The Act does not provide authority to arrest 

for violations of state criminal statutes or for violations of federal 

criminal statutes other than those listed in paragraph (a) of this 

section. Therefore, arrests for violations of such other criminal 

statutes shall be made by other peace officers (e.g., U.S. Marshals or 

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents for federal offenses; LLEA 

officers for state or local offenses) unless:

    (1) The protective force officer can make a citizen's arrest for the 

criminal offense under the law of the state,

    (2) The protective force officer is an authorized state peace 

officer or otherwise deputized by the particular state to make arrests 

for state criminal offenses, or

    (3) The protective force officer has been deputized by the U.S. 

Marshals Service or other federal law enforcement agency to make arrests 

for the criminal offense.

    (e) In those locations which are within the ``special maritime and 

territorial jurisdiction of the United States,'' as defined in 18 U.S.C. 

7, the Assimilative Crimes Act (18 U.S.C. 13) adopts the law of the 

state for any crime under state law not specifically prohibited by 

Federal statute and provides for federal enforcement of that state law. 

The local DOE Office of Chief Counsel, in coordination with contractor 

legal counsel, as appropriate, shall provide guidance in this matter.