Unland v. Block

Opinion

ORTEGA, J.

The Penal Code permits qualifying retired peace officers to obtain from their former law enforcement agencies retirement identification certificates with a “CCW” 1 endorsement authorizing them to carry concealed and loaded firearms. (§ 12027, subd. (a).) But the law prohibits law enforcement agencies from providing CCW endorsements to peace officers who retired “because of a psychological disability[.]” (§ 12027.1, subd. (e).)

In this case, the parties disagreed about the reasons for the officer’s disability retirement. The officer, whose psychiatrist had ordered him off work…