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Originally Posted by Steve K
Do more research. Being a Special Officer in NJ does qualify you for a permit under LEOSA. You must have served for at least ten years and left in good standing. The difficult part may be getting your department to issue an ID card; there is no requirement under LEOSA to do so.
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Steve,
actually it may be possible for some Specials to qualify.
There are two kinds of Special Police Officers in NJ, Class I and Class II.
A Class II Special has full police powers (is armed) and has to complete a full police academy. Many Class II's are hired seasonally (especially in the shore / resort areas), and some cities (Newark comes to mind) maintain a corp of specials in their housing projects and other non line assignments.
In fact, recently passed legislation allows retired regular officers to be hired by a school district as a Class II Special.
So it would appear that if one could serve the equivalent of ten years, and obtain the required photo ID from the Chief of department, someone would seem to qualify under LEOSA.