Probation and Parole Firearm Log - Data Analysis

• NCJ Number: 85940
• Author(s): C Sandel; R Hudley
• Date Published: 1981
• Length: 31 pages
• Corporate Author: Oklahoma Dept of Corrections
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This report analyzed firearms records in Oklahoma and surveyed practices in other States during 1980 to determine whether probation and parole officers needed their own personal weapons and whether State-owned weapons retained in each district can replace privately owned weapons.

Abstract

Most officers neither own nor carry guns. Because most officers used guns for arrests only during office hours, it is feasible to provide State-owned weapons and disallow the use of privately owned guns. Of the 19 States surveyed, 11 prohibit the carrying of all kinds of guns on a routine basis. Of the eight states permitting officers to carry guns routinely, only four require their weapons to be State-owned. These results are consistent with a 1979 nationwide survey. Since most States prohibit the use of firearms, without impairing the ability of their probation and parole officers to perform their duties, Oklahoma could do the same. Firearms data are included.