HB567 Relating to the carrying of weapons by community supervision and corrections department officers, juvenile probation officers, and certain retired law enforcement officers and to criminal liability for taking a weapon from certain of those officers.

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Expands the ability of community supervision officers, juvenile probation officers, and qualified retired law enforcement officers to carry weapons in establishments serving the public, including when not on duty, by removing prior restrictions in the Penal Code and related statutes.

neither section prohibits the officer from carrying a weapon in this state, including in an establishment serving the public, regardless of whether the officer is engaged in the actual discharge of the officer's duties while carrying the weapon

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Expands criminal liability for taking or attempting to take a weapon from juvenile probation officers by adding them to the list of protected individuals in Penal Code Section 38.14.

A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly and with force takes or attempts to take from a peace officer, federal special investigator, employee or official of a correctional facility, parole officer, community supervision and corrections department officer, juvenile probation officer, or commissioned security officer the officer's, investigator's, employee's, or official's firearm, nightstick, stun gun, or personal protection chemical dispensing device.

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