[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: 10CFR1049.9]



[Page 949-950]

 

                            TITLE 10--ENERGY

 

          CHAPTER X--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (GENERAL PROVISIONS)

 

PART 1049_LIMITED ARREST AUTHORITY AND USE OF FORCE BY PROTECTIVE 

FORCE OFFICERS OF THE STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 1049.9  Firearms and firearms incidents.



    (a) Protective Force Officers shall receive firearms of a type 

suitable to adequately protect persons and property within or upon the 

SPR. Firearms and ammunition shall be secured, inventoried, and 

maintained in accordance with applicable Department of Energy orders, 

when not in use.

    (b) The authority of a Protective Force Officer to carry firearms 

and to exercise limited arrest authority shall be suspended if the 

Officer participates in an incident involving the use of firearms. In 

such circumstances, the Officer shall be assigned to other duties, 

pending completion of an investigation.

    (c) Incidents involving the discharge of firearms shall be reported 

to the Department of Energy Headquarters



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Emergency Operations Center immediately, and to the SPR Project 

Management Office Security Division within 24 hours. The Strategic 

Petroleum Reserve Project Manager shall appoint a committee to 

investigate the incident.