(A) Law enforcement officers employed by the Board shall be authorized to
conduct law enforcement activities subject to the provisions of these
regulations and any other applicable policies and procedures issued by the
Board or the Board’s law enforcement manager consistent with these
regulations.
(B) Law enforcement officers employed by a Reserve Bank shall be authorized
to conduct law enforcement activities subject to the provisions of these
regulations and any other applicable policies and procedures issued by that
Reserve Bank or by the law enforcement manager of any law enforcement unit at
that Reserve Bank consistent with these regulations.
(C) Law enforcement officers shall not have primary responsibility for the
investigation or prosecution of criminal violations of law, including those
occurring on Federal Reserve properties. Such investigations shall be
referred to the appropriate law enforcement agency. Nothing in these
regulations, however, shall preclude law enforcement officers from
participating in internal investigations involving violations of Federal
Reserve rules or policies or in investigations of any civil violations of
United States law expressly within the enforcement authority of the Federal
Reserve.
(D) A law enforcement officer is authorized to carry a firearm and make
arrests only while on duty.
