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“The head of the Transportation Security Administration said the unnamed law officer will be given remedial training.”

“The officer was not an air marshal and we are trying to establish contact with the agent.”

OK, which is it? and what in the hell is remedial training?

It means he will get the third degree from any and all of his associates, will have to perform a Firearms Safety Course both written and in action, and then he will probably be on probation.Hopefully he will find a better retention pouch for his spares as well.

Mistakes happen, personally I think its not a big issue except that it was on a plane.

“The officer was not an air marshal and we are trying to establish contact with the agent.”

State and local law enforcement officers in the line of duty and all federal law enforcement agents are allowed to be armed on commercial flights. It's a great deal for them. When they arrive at the airport, they get met at the terminal by representatives of whatever agency is responsible for policing the airport. They are then walked past security and proceed directly to their gate. They pre-board the plane, meet the flight and cabin crew, and are seated. if they're not flying armed, then they are expected to go the TSA route. Which option would you choose?

They are not expected to leave loaded magazines behind though... whoever did this will definitely catch hell for drawing negative attention to the sweet deal they have.