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f. Administrative Law Judge Credential: The singular type of Authority Credential issued to
Administrative Law Judges which both identify's that person as a USCG Administrative Law
Judge (ALJ) and which indicates his/her authority pursuant to that appointment.
g. Program Manager: The designated Office Chief or Director with responsibility to ensure that
this policy is applied and adhered to by all personnel engaged in an activity supporting that
program's mission area of responsibility.
8. APPROVED CREDENTIALS. USCG has identified the need for four types of Credentials: Police
Badges (without credentials), Badges and Credentials (B&C), Representative Credentials and ALJ
Credentials.
a. Police Badges: These are issued only to USCG members who serve as police officers at one of
six Coast Guard installations that have such forces (i.e., USCG Academy, TRACEN Cape May,
TRACEN Petaluma, ISC Kodiak, USCG Sector New York, and USCG Yard Baltimore). These
USCG forces must have undergone specialized police training at an accredited police-training
center or, as a minimum, completed the Personnel Qualification Standard (PQS) for police
officer duties.
b. Badges and Credentials (B&C): These Credentials are issued only to:
(1) Special Agents of the Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS) who perform criminal
investigations, personal protection duties, and Law Enforcement (LE) intelligence duties.
(2) Intelligence Officers who perform liaison, oversight and support to intelligence
investigations.
(3) Coast Guard Counterintelligence Service (CGCIS) Counterintelligence Agents who perform
counterintelligence (CI) functions.
(4) Qualified Marine Investigators who conduct investigations into marine casualties, violations
of law/regulation by Coast Guard credentialed mariners, and other regulatory marine
investigations.
(5) Certified Electronic Keying Material (EKMS) Inspectors who perform inspections of the
USCG EKMS program under U.S. Navy auspices.
(6) Drivers/Aides that transport and otherwise support the Commandant and other USCG senior
leadership.
c. Representative Credentials: These Credentials (document only) are issued to:
(1) USCG members who perform intelligence functions such as collection and liaison with other
national intelligence agencies.
(2) USCG Security Managers who conduct security evaluations at installations.
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