50 U.S.C. § 403o : US Code - Section 403O: Security personnel at Agency installations

Search 50 U.S.C. § 403o : US Code - Section 403O: Security personnel at Agency installations

(a) Special policemen: functions and powers; regulations:
promulgation and enforcement
(1) The Director may authorize Agency personnel within the United
States to perform the same functions as officers and agents of the
Department of Homeland Security, as provided in section 1315(b)(2)
of title 40, with the powers set forth in that section, except that
such personnel shall perform such functions and exercise such
powers -
(A) within the Agency Headquarters Compound and the property
controlled and occupied by the Federal Highway Administration
located immediately adjacent to such Compound;
(B) in the streets, sidewalks, and the open areas within the
zone beginning at the outside boundary of such Compound and
property and extending outward 500 feet;
(C) within any other Agency installation and protected
property; and
(D) in the streets, sidewalks, and open areas within the zone
beginning at the outside boundary of any installation or property
referred to in subparagraph (C) and extending outward 500 feet.
(2) The performance of functions and exercise of powers under
subparagraph (B) or (D) of paragraph (1) shall be limited to those
circumstances where such personnel can identify specific and
articulable facts giving such personnel reason to believe that the
performance of such functions and exercise of such powers is
reasonable to protect against physical damage or injury, or threats
of physical damage or injury, to Agency installations, property, or
employees.
(3) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to preclude, or
limit in any way, the authority of any Federal, State, or local law
enforcement agency, or any other Federal police or Federal
protective service.
(4) The rules and regulations enforced by such personnel shall be
the rules and regulations prescribed by the Director and shall only
be applicable to the areas referred to in subparagraph (A) or (C)
of paragraph (1).
(b) Penalties for violations of regulations
The Director is authorized to establish penalties for violations
of the rules or regulations promulgated by the Director under
subsection (a) of this section. Such penalties shall not exceed
those specified in section 1315(c)(2) of title 40.
(c) Identification
Agency personnel designated by the Director under subsection (a)
of this section shall be clearly identifiable as United States
Government security personnel while engaged in the performance of
the functions to which subsection (a) of this section refers.
(d) Protection of certain CIA personnel from tort liability
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any Agency
personnel designated by the Director under subsection (a) of this
section, or designated by the Director under section 403f(a)(4) of
this title to carry firearms for the protection of current or
former Agency personnel and their immediate families, defectors and
their immediate families, and other persons in the United States
under Agency auspices, shall be considered for purposes of chapter
171 of title 28, or any other provision of law relating to tort
liability, to be acting within the scope of their office or
employment when such Agency personnel take reasonable action, which
may include the use of force, to -
(A) protect an individual in the presence of such Agency
personnel from a crime of violence;
(B) provide immediate assistance to an individual who has
suffered or who is threatened with bodily harm; or
(C) prevent the escape of any individual whom such Agency
personnel reasonably believe to have committed a crime of
violence in the presence of such Agency personnel.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not affect the authorities of the
Attorney General under section 2679 of title 28.
(3) In this subsection, the term "crime of violence" has the
meaning given that term in section 16 of title 18.