Florida cops defend community from suicidal off duty federal air marshal
(americanmilitarynews.com)
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The Flight Deck Officer Program to cut to the chase deputizes Commercial Airline Pilots to serve as Law Enforcement in the event of an Emergency while Airborne. Such as an attempted hijacking.
They usually aren’t considered Federal Agents or Air Marshals and their jurisdiction doesn’t usually extend beyond an aircraft. Though the program may have changed drastically since I last I bothered to look it up.
Wow, I skipped right over the FFDO part of this in my initial read-through.
They seriously sensationalized this headline (and I tried to de-sensationalize it!)