Ok now Im confused, the guy rubberduckie all he asked was is he or she exempt from carring and if so can he or she carry the same place as a police officer and it kinda seems like this thread has gone into a Correctional Officer bash instead answering the orginal question. I dont know who's ex brother in laws, garbage mans sister is a deputy warden and who is. was. used to be a CO but the bottom like is What is the answer to the question.
Furthermore who ever is doubting the fact of them being peace officers, YES they are. Police Officers they are not but yes they are peace officers, it is a sworn postion wether you believe they have arrest authority or not doesnt matter.
The Georgia Peace Officer
By statutory definition, a peace officer is any person who is vested expressly either by law or by virtue of public employment or service with authority to enforce the criminal or traffic laws through power of arrest and whose duties include the preservation of public order, the protection of life and property, and the prevention, detection or investigation of crimes.
State officers such as the Georgia State Patrol, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, and the Georgia Department of Corrections, deputy sheriffs, county police, municipal police, and campus police are a few of the many examples of peace officers. Additionally, the Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training Council also has a statutory responsibility to certify non-peace officers such as communications officers and detention officers.
Before POST will certify a candidate as a peace officer, the candidate must meet certain minimum standards for employment.
Taken from the GA Post website. yes post does certify communications officers and dispatchers but its right there in black and white those are NON PEACE OFFICER positions. I also cannot believe anyone who you know that works for the department would say anything otherwise. Especially a Deputy Warden. If there is a Correctional Officer that has said otherwise maybe they needed further information. They have arrest power inside the guard lines, if they are on a hospital post, or transport guess what the guard lines are. This pertains to anyone attempting to harm and or help inmates escape, you can and will be arrested and or detained by correctional officers. IF off duty they can Arrest you just like any other average citizen if they witness a felony but keep in mind it will hold more weight than the average citizen because they are not considered civilians they are sworn in by the state, which means alot it court. Now back to the original answer, I believe that they are exempt from some of the off limit
places to carry, from what I have been told. So if anyone has an answer instead of bashing the man who wrote this thread and the rest of us in Corrections who frequent this page, I would like to know
