Good afternoon:

Please disseminate to your personnel this reminder of the list of prohibited items in DOJ and other federal facilities to ensure facility occupants are aware of the policy.  All DOJ organizations should incorporate a prohibited and controlled items briefing as part of the on-boarding security process for new employees. Consistent with Items Prohibited from Federal Facilities:  An Interagency Security Committee Standard (2022 Edition), prohibited items generally include any device applicable to Federal, State, local, and tribal law and/or ordinance, as well as firearms, dangerous weapons, explosives, or other destructive devices (including their individual parts or components) designed, redesigned, used, intended for use, or readily converted to cause injury, death, or property damage.  The items listed below are the prohibited items for all DOJ facilities.  This list applies to all facility occupants: employees, contractors, and visitors.  As the Department Security Officer (DSO), I have the authority to revise this list to include additional items as appropriate.  DOJ Security Programs Managers (SPM) and/or facility security providers may prohibit additional items that apply for their specific facility.  Should you have any questions concerning prohibited and/or controlled items as listed below or contained within the provided link, please contact me or Assistant Director Christopher Hartle

List of Prohibited Items

 

A.    Firearms and Projectile Weapons

The list of prohibited firearms and projectile weapons includes, but is not limited to:

  1. Firearms or similar devices (i.e., 3D or Ghost Guns, etc.) that expels a projectile through the action of an explosive (unless meeting the exemptions listed in 18 U.S.C. § 930(d));
  2. BB or pellet guns;
  3. Compressed air guns;
  4. Flare guns;
  5. Realistic replica or toy firearms (unless meeting the exemptions listed in 18 U.S.C. § 930(d));
  6. Spear guns;
  7. Starter pistols;
  8. Stun guns, cattle prods, dart-firing stun guns, and other electric weapons or controlled devices;
  9. Ammunition, shotgun shells or firearm cartridges, black powder, smokeless propellant powder (unless meeting the exemptions listed in 18 U.S.C. § 930(d)); and
  10. Slingshots.

 

B.    Bladed, Edged, or Sharp Tools or Implements

The list of prohibited bladed, edged, or sharp tools, or implements includes, but is not limited to:

1.     Axes and hatchets;

2.     Bows and arrows;

3.     Ice axes/ice picks;

4.     Throwing stars (martial arts);

5.     Knives, sabers, swords, daggers, and other bladed devices with a blade of more than 2 ½ inches (unless meeting the exemptions listed in 18 U.S.C. § 930(d)); and

6.     Razor-type blades such as box cutters, utility knives, and razor blades not in a cartridge, but excluding safety razors (unless meeting the exemption listed in 18 U.S.C. § 930(d)(3)).

C.    Club-like Items and Striking Devices

The list of club-like items and striking devices includes, but is not limited to:

  1. Billy clubs;
  2. Blackjacks;
  3. Brass knuckles;
  4. Chains in excess of 12 inches (Jewelry exceptions can be made);
  5. Night sticks (unless meeting the exemptions listed in 18 U.S.C. § 930(d)); and
  6. Martial arts weapons, including nunchucks and kubatons.

D.    Destructive Devices, Explosives, or Combustible Chemical Compounds and Mixtures

The list of destructive devices, explosives, or any chemical compound or mixture that has a property of yielding readily to combustion or oxidation upon the application of heat, flame, or shock includes, but is not limited to:

  1. Blasting caps or detonators;
  2. Dynamite, nitroglycerin, trinitrotoluene, ammonium nitrate, and others;
  3. Fireworks;
  4. Gunpowder;
  5. Hand grenades, mine, bomb, rocket, missile, pipe bomb, plastic explosives;
  6. Realistic replicas of explosives or similar devices;
  7. Explosive or expanding gases;
  8. Gas torches; and
  9. Flammable Liquids (i.e., gasoline, turpentine, and paint thinner) (unless meeting the exemption listed in 18 U.S.C. § 930(d)(3)).

E.    Disabling Chemicals and Other Dangerous Items

The list of disabling chemicals and other dangerous items includes, but is not limited to:

  1. Mace, pepper spray, tear gas, tear gas gun, or other chemical spray designed for self-defense (unless meeting the exemption listed in 18 U.S.C. § 930(d));
  2. Spillable batteries, except those in wheel chairs or similar devices used by a mobility impaired individual;
  3. Spray paint (unless meeting the exemption listed in 18 U.S.C. § 930(d)(3)); and
  4. Poisonous gases.

Department Security Officer

Director – Security & Emergency Planning Staff

“When the time to perform has arrived, the time to prepare has passed”