... class action civil lawsuit in which California state parole agents sued their agency for the right to carry firearms (California State Employees Association and Charles Swim v. J.J. Enemoto et al., 1978). Following the agency's unsuccessful appeal in 1979, officers were legally armed for the first time in California. The agents initiated this civil action because of ... issue, statistics indicate that currently 70 percent of the community corrections agencies in the United States permit officers to carry firearms in the performance of their duties (Brown, 1996). Even though this represen...

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