DISARMING A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ACT

Section 1. This act may be cited as the “Disarming a Law Enforcement Officer Act."

Section 2. To amend section_________ and to enact section_______ of the _______ to create the offense of disarming a law enforcement officer or corrections officer.

(A) No person shall knowingly remove a firearm or weapon from the person of a law enforcement officer or corrections officer, or deprive a law enforcement officer or corrections officer of the use of a firearm or weapon, when the officer is acting within the scope of his duties, and the offender has reasonable cause to know or knows that the individual is a law enforcement officer.

(B) Whoever violates this section is guilty of disarming a law enforcement officer, an (aggravated felony of the highest classification).

(C) An attempt to commit the offense of disarming a law enforcement officer is an (aggravated felony of the highest classification) if the firearm involved in the attempt is discharged during the attempt. An attempt to commit an aggravated felony of the first or second degree, other than an attempt to commit the offense of disarming a law enforcement officer or corrections officer when the firearm involved in the attempt is discharged during the attempt, is an aggravated felony of the next lesser aggravated degree than the aggravated felony attempted.

LEAA has been a leader in the fight to protect law enforcement from disarming attacks!
Read The State of Disarming, an article from the summer 1999 issue of Shield magazine.

Read LEAA's
Press Release
on the March 11 Georgia Courtroom Shooting

Read LEAA's
Backgrounder
on our ongoing efforts to protect officers from disarming attacks