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    National Union of Special Police Officers (NUSPO)

    The National Union of Special Police Officers NUSPO affiliated with the United Federation LEOS-PBA is a full service labor organization formed to provide every labor related service from negotiations, grievance processing, legal and legislative representation.

     

    What are Special Police Officers?

    As a special police officer, you provide safety and security services for an assigned area or company. You may work as an auxiliary police officer for the police force to provide support for full-time officers, or you may work in a fire police or company police unit. Hospitals, university campuses, and museums often rely on special police officers to keep the peace. Your job duties are similar to those of other law enforcement officials. You may direct traffic, make traffic stops, conduct investigations and make arrests. Depending where you work, you may or may not carry a firearm.

    1. Security Issue Prevention

    2. Observation and Reporting

    3. Incident Response

    4. Communication

    5. Collaboration and Cooperation

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    What is special police in Washington, DC?

     

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    • The term Special Police Officer, is any person who is commissioned which have been approved pursuant to this act, and who may be authorized to carry a weapon. They are privately commissioned police officers with full arrest powers within an area or premises which the officer has been employed to protect. The commission is conditional and is required to be renewed each year. C. Code, §4-114 (1981).

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    • Special police officer shall have the same powers as a law enforcement officer to Arrest without a warrant for offenses committed within the premises to which his or her jurisdiction extends or outside the premises on a fresh pursuit for offenses committed on the premises. C. Code §23-582A.

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    • Special police officers appointed pursuant to § 1100.1 shall be strictly confined in their authority to the particular place or property which they are commissioned to protect.

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    • To protect the property of one person or corporation located in various sections of the District of Columbia and in more than one police district, and to protect money, securities, or other property being transported between the locations of the property of that person or corporation, or between those locations and certain banks or other depositories. All locations of property, banks, or other places pursuant to § 1101.2 shall be specified upon the face of the commission issued to those special police officers.

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    What is the jurisdiction of a D.C. Special Police Officer?

    A. Special police officers may be appointed under the provisions of D.C. Official Code §4-114 (1981), to protect the property of a number of persons or corporations in one general area.

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    Who can be appointed as a D.C. Special Police Officer?

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    A. No person shall be appointed as a special police officer under the Act of March 3, 1899 (D.C. Official Code §4-114) (1981) or R.S.D.C. No. 378 and 379, June 11, 1878 (D.C. Official Code § 4-130) (1981) unless he or she meets the following requirements:

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    • Have reached the age of twenty-one (21) years old

    • Be a citizen of the United States

    • Be of good moral character

    • Shall be approved for appointment by the Chief of Police, shall possess a high school diploma or a general equivalency diploma, or one year of experience as a special police officer in the District of Columbia, shall be able to read, write, and speak the English language, and shall be certified by a licensed physician as physically and psychologically fit to perform the duties of a special police officer. An applicant who has been dishonorably discharged from the military shall be ineligible to be commissioned as a special police officer.

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    There are about 7,700 special police officers in the District, and about 4,500 of them are armed, according to Office of the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice. Special police officer shall have the same powers as a law enforcement officer to Arrest without a warrant for offenses committed within the premises to which his or her jurisdiction extends or outside the premises on a fresh pursuit for offenses committed on the premises. D.C. Code §23-582A.

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    .What are the requirements to take the course?

    A. Must be US Citizen, must be 21years of age or older and be able to pass the basic criminal background check.

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    Do I have to be employed to become a Commissioned D.C. Special Police Officer?

    A. Yes, you must be employed by a licensed D.C. security or proprietary company. Applications for appointment under the provisions of D.C. Official Code §4-114 (1981), shall be made jointly in the names of the prospective special police officers and the names of the persons or corporations in connection with whose property of business the appointment is sought.

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    UNITED FEDERATION

    LEOS-PBA - DC

     

    Address

    1717 Pennsylvania Ave NW, 10th Floor

    Washington, D.C. 20006

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    Phone
    Office / Fax: (202) 595-3510
    Organizing: (800) 516-0094

     

    UFSPSO: (914) 941-4103

    Fax: (914) 941-44722

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    NUSPO: (202) 499-3956

    Fax: (202) 499-3956

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    NUNSO: (815) 900-9944

    Fax: (815) 900-9944

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    PSONU: (877) - 60-PSONU

    FAX:  (877) -607-7668

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    FPSOA: (202)-595-3510

    Fax: (202) 595-3510

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    UFK9H  (800) 516-0094

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    Email

    organizing@leospba.org

    CONTACT EAST COAST

    Address

    New York City Office

    17 State Street, 40th Floor

    New York, NY 10004

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    Long Island Office

    220 Old Country Road #2

    Mineola, NY 11501

     

    Phone
    Office / Fax: (212) 457-1010
    Organizing: (800) 516-0094

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    Email
    organizing@leospba.org

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    CONTACT WEST COAST

    Address

    Los Angeles Office

    ARCO Tower 1055 West 7th Street, 33rd Floor (Penthouse) Los Angeles, CA 90017

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    Phone
    Office / Fax: (213) 205-1855
    Organizing: (800) 516-0094

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    Hawaii Guam Saipan 808-212-9831

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    Email

    organizing @leospba.org

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    Site Map

    Lally & Misir LLP

    Address

    The Nassau Building

    220 Old Country Road #2

    Mineola, NY 11501

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    Phone: (516) 741-2666

    Fax: (516) 742-8533

    Website: https://www.lallymisir.co

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    BEINS AXELROD

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    1717 K Street N.W.  Suite 1120 

    Washington DC 20006 

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    Phone: (202) 328-7222

    Fax: (202) 328-7030 

    Website: http://www.beinsaxelrod.com

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