scope:

Scope and Applicability.

This instruction applies to prisoner transports and transfers directed by the Director, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Corrections and Programs Office (BUPERS-00D) and conducted by authorized NAVPERSCOM PTTs for unarmed or armed ground or air movements. Such custodial movements associate with either temporary duty assignment for transports or permanent change of station orders for transfers. This instruction does not apply to local military correctional facility (MCF) prisoner escort movements.

Purpose

a. To issue standardized policies and procedures for the establishment, administration, and deployment of prisoner transport teams (PTT) per references (a) through (k).

b. Major changes to this revision include clarification on Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Office of Law Enforcement/Federal Air Marshal Service (FAMS) "Law Enforcement Officers Flying Armed (LEOFA) Course" and requirements, clarification for advanced prisoner escort and law enforcement officer flying armed escort badges and credentials, and the addition of the requirement for an investigative inquiry for lost badges or credentials.