Opinion No. (2002)

BILL LOCKYER Attorney General GREGORY L. GONOT Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE GEORGE NAKANO and THE HONORABLE ALAN LOWENTHAL, MEMBERS OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY, have requested an opinion on the following questions: 1. Are federal law enforcement officers, who are employed on a full-time, salaried basis as Department of Defense police officers at the Los Angeles Air Force Base, exempt from the state law prohibition against carrying concealed, loaded firearms when the officers are not on duty? 2. When Department of Defense police officers are engaged in the enforcement of federal criminal laws at the Los Angeles Air Force Base, may they make arrests for violations of state law occurring on the base if the arrests are incidental to the performance of their federal law enforcement duties? 3. Are the provisions of the state Vehicle Code applicable to the roads of the Los Angeles Air Force Base? CONCLUSIONS 1. Federal law enforcement officers, who are employed on a full-time, salaried basis as Department of Defense police officers at the Los Angeles Air Force Base, are exempt from the state law prohibition against carrying concealed, loaded firearms even when they are not on duty. 2.…