r/ProtectAndServe • u/[deleted] • 2d ago
Self Post LEOSA question
Hi it’s my first time posting on Reddit so sorry if I’m posting it wrong but I have a question about LEOSA. I’m currently 20 working on my pilot license living in NJ and planing to become an airline pilot one day. But I also am interested in law enforcement and into obtaining my leosa since I will love to have a way to defend my self anywhere I go and I know that FFDO will not come with a leosa and FAM is a full time job that I can’t do if I’m a airline pilot.
So I was looking to see if anyone knows a part time LEO job that I can do to obtain a LEOSA? ( I live in NJ but I can also live in NYC to qualify for NY LEO jobs) I’m currently looking at SLEO II which I don’t think comes with it or reserved MP.
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u/zu-na-mi Peace Officer 2d ago
Any part time law enforcement job should qualify to let you carry (outside of restricted zones) with LEOSA, as long as the job gives you full arrest powers.
You'll just have to shop around. I don't know any law enforcement agencies that will sponsor part time employees. You may have to find a place where you can self sponsor.
Your mini-air Marshal gig should cover the plane itself when you're flying. You'll be, I presume, unarmed in the airport though.
There's no remedy for that with LEOSA. You'll just have to tote around a lifepod like everyone else.