This is a federal CCW Permit only issued to qualified retired law enforcement officers. Permits must be renewed annually.  Per 18 U.S. Code § 926C, the term “qualified retired law enforcement officer” means an individual who—

• Separated in good standing from service with a public agency as a law enforcement officer;
• Before such separation, was authorized by law to engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, or prosecution of, or the incarceration of any person for, any violation of law, and had statutory powers of arrest or apprehension under section 807(b) of title 10, United States Code (article 7(b) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice);
• Before such separation, served as a law enforcement officer for an aggregate of 10 years or more; or
• Separated from service with such agency, after completing any applicable probationary period of such service, due to a service-connected disability, as determined by such agency;
• During the most recent 12-month period, has met, at the expense of the individual, the standards for qualification in firearms training for active law enforcement officers, as determined by the former agency of the individual, the State in which the individual resides or, if the State has not established such standards, either a law enforcement agency within the State in which the individual resides or the standards used by a certified firearms instructor that is qualified to conduct a firearms qualification test for active duty officers within that State;
• Has not been officially found by a qualified medical professional employed by the agency to be unqualified for reasons relating to mental health and as a result of this finding will not be issued the photographic identification as described in subsection (d)(1); or
• Has not entered into an agreement with the agency from which the individual is separating from service in which that individual acknowledges he or she is not qualified under this section for reasons relating to mental health and for those reasons will not receive or accept the photographic identification as described in subsection (d)(1);
• Is not under the influence of alcohol or another intoxicating or hallucinatory drug or substance; and
• Is not prohibited by Federal law from receiving a firearm.

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