Opinion No. (1997)

DANIEL E. LUNGREN Attorney General ANTHONY M. SUMMERS Deputy Attorney General THE HONORABLE BILL LEONARD, MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY, has requested an opinion on the following questions: 1. Are full-time and part-time arson investigators of a local fire department eligible to receive identification certificates with concealed weapons endorsements when they retire? 2. If so, who is authorized to issue the identification certificates with the concealed weapons endorsements to qualified arson investigators? CONCLUSIONS 1. Full-time arson investigators of a local fire department are eligible to receive identification certificates with concealed weapons endorsements when they retire if they were authorized to carry firearms and in fact did so during the course and scope of their employment. Part-time arson investigators of a local fire department are eligible to receive identification certificates with concealed weapons endorsements when they retire if their employing agency authorized them to act as peace officers while performing their primary duties, i.e., enforcing fire prevention or suppression laws, and they were authorized to carry firearms and in fact did so during…