[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 5]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR1203b.103]

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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
                   CHAPTER V--NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
                          SPACE ADMINISTRATION
 
PART 1203b_SECURITY PROGRAMS; ARREST AUTHORITY AND USE OF FORCE BY NASA 
 
Sec.  1203b.103  Arrest authority.

    (a) NASA security force personnel may exercise arrest authority, 
provided that:
    (1) They graduate from an accredited training course (see Sec.  
1203b.102(a)); and
    (2) They have been certified in writing by the Associate 
Administrator for Management Systems and Facilities, or designee, as 
specifically authorized to exercise arrest authority.

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    (b) The authority of NASA security force personnel to make a 
warrantless arrest is subject to the following conditions:
    (1) The arresting officer must be guarding and protecting property 
owned or leased by, or under the control of, the United States under the 
administration and control of NASA or one of its contractors or 
subcontractors, at facilities owned by or contracted to NASA; and
    (2) The person to be arrested has committed in the arresting 
officer's presence any offense against the United States; or
    (3) The arresting officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the 
person to be arrested has committed or is committing any felony 
cognizable under the laws of the United States.
    (c) The Office of the General Counsel, NASA Headquarters, or the 
Installation Chief Counsel's Office, as appropriate, shall provide 
guidance as to the applicability of these regulations.