concealed carry judge carrying caught at airport screen

drinks · Post by **drinks** » Thu Aug 02, 2007 11:35 pm

PD, if I have it right, every lawyer is an officer of the court, how could you consider a bunch of them as LEO's?
Several I am distantly acquainted with are much more at odds with Law Enforcement and make most of their living making a mockery of laws.

srothstein · Post by **srothstein** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 9:47 pm

para driver wrote:since they are officers of the court, could they be construed as LEO?

Many of the judges used to argue that since the CCP says a judge is a conservator of the peace, then they come under the peace officer exception. The problem with the logic is that CCP 2.12 specifically defines who is a peace officer and judge is not one of the listed items.

With the passage of the law about CHL's for judges, it makes it even more clear that they have to have a CHL to get any carry privileges and they are not peace officers.

stroo · Post by **stroo** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:38 pm

While lawyers are officers of the court, that doesn't make them peace officers. So they still need a CHL.

Nazrat · Post by **Nazrat** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 12:24 am

FYI, judges are not officers of the court. They are the court.

Certain prosecutors have been granted special status in the law to carry firearms. The rest of us lawyers have to earn our CHL's like everyone else.