Qualification for CCW Privileges

To: Retired Sheriff's Peace Officers

Re: Qualification for CCW Privileges

Effective January 2008 the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office General Orders require all retired members to qualify with whatever firearm they choose to carry off duty. Additionally the General Orders require any "honorably retired" Peace Officer who wishes to carry a concealed firearm outside the State of California to qualify every year.

General Order 5-03 Section 1 Subsection B Firearms (Off Duty), allows retired sworn Peace Officers to carry a concealed firearm outside the State of California. The retired member must meet the criteria of the LEOSA and have qualified with in one year with the firearm they are carrying.

The San Mateo County Sheriff's Office will issue the retired member, upon successful qualification, a certificate valid from one year of the date of qualification. This certificate will state the retired member is an honorably retired Law Enforcement Officer, he or she meets the criteria for the LEOSA, and the make, model, serial number and caliber of one gun the retired member may carry outside the State of California.

General Order 5-04 Section 3 Subsection C Firearms Qualification, requires every retired member who wishes to carry a concealed firearm inside the State of California to qualify every three years. This qualification is the responsibility of the retired member and the Sheriff's Office will not notify retired members of their continued need to qualify. Members must qualify with each firearm they will carry concealed.

Scheduling for retired members to qualify will be done through the Sheriff's Office Range Master. Qualifications will normally be completed on regularly scheduled Sheriff's Office qualification days.

Each retired member will be required to bring their firearm(s), at least fifty rounds of factory loaded ammunition and a suitable concealable holster for each firearm fired.
If you have any questions regarding retired member's qualification or the criteria for the LEOSA you can contact the Range Master, Sgt Tim Reid, at 650-573-2340.