Armed & Atomic: The Mundane Cases of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Office of Investigations

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Posted to Legal on Mon Apr 16, 2007 at 10:33:56 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.

Since 2005, about 30 investigators in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Office of Investigations (OI) have been granted police powers as Deputy Marshals. As such they have the ability to carry weapons and use police authority. According to the Office of Investigations they needed this power because they have "frequent and direct contact with suspected or convicted criminals." The problem? The overwhelming majority of OI cases involve little to no fieldwork and simply require examining paperwork or processing forms in a regional office.

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