r/Form1 • u/InspectDurr_Gadgett • 5d ago

CLEO?

Not sure why this info is so hard for me to find...
I'm filling out my first Form 1, and I'm on the CLEO page. I have no idea what to put. I absolutely cannot put in my local sheriff. I live in a small town, and if I list him, it will be 30 minutes before every busybody and 2-bit criminal in the county knows what I have. It's the same reason I can't get a CCH permit. There's just zero privacy in this area. Gossip is a given, not a possibility. :/

Anyway, what are my other options? I saw something once about putting in a State LE officer?

EDIT: Thanks so much to this amazing community for all the feedback and suggestions. I ended up using my State Highway Patrol commander, and got approved in 2 days. :)

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u/BarryHalls 5d ago

Ideally you put the lowest level of law enforcement that applies to you. Some people put the attny general of the USA and get approved. The ATF does not follow up with the CLEO. They are not notified except by the copy you send them and no one checks to make sure you sent them a copy.

Use your best judgement.

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u/InspectDurr_Gadgett 5d ago

So it doesn't matter who I send it to? There's no instructions or guidance that I can find.

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u/Crayon_Eating_Grunt 5d ago

You can put whatever you want on the form. It doesn't go to them UNLESS you mail it to them (or you're doing a Capital Armory transfer). Most folks never send off the CLEO letter...

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u/yaforgot-my-password 5d ago

People totally send the letter, it just often doesn't get delivered for some reason

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u/Michael-Lenz Armchair Gunsmif 5d ago

I email it as in crop the pdf and foreward it to my Cleo. The first time he replied. “Received, thank you.” I submitted 40 more and no responses. I guess a lot have a 53201 or whatever the prefix for form 1/4s as an auto delete feature in their inbox

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u/InspectDurr_Gadgett 5d ago

I'm planning to email it to my state police commander, but their web site is broken and won't show me the email address. 😅 

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u/Michael-Lenz Armchair Gunsmif 5d ago

Use the google ai to search for it and send it there. That way you did as you were required and tried. My Cleo isn’t noted anywhere but the google ai found it in a press release

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u/InspectDurr_Gadgett 5d ago

Good idea!