Tomas
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While reading the Search and Seizure Manual linked in the "Stop and Identify" thread, a question struck me. It may seem a little off topic, but...
Just curious if others have ever run into a sudden change in demeanor of a police officer after a pretext traffic stop where they were initially playing the 'big bad cop' part until they belatedly ask if there is anything in the car they should know about and you indicate there are loaded firearms?
In my instance, the lane the officer was in ended after ample warning, and he jumped in behind me and pulled me over for not yielding to him early enough to satisfy him. (It was not my lane that ended, but the right traffic lane he was in, and I moved out of the remaining lane to the left turn lane to make my turn when it became available to me.)
Anyway, when he finally asked, I told him there were two loaded pistols in the car, he got really nervous and agitated and I had to direct him several times to the CPL he was holding in his hand before he even appeared to comprehend what I was saying, at which time he glanced at it, and handed my driver's license, insurance card, registration and CPL back and politely wished me a good day while looking like he wanted to pee himself.
I found it odd behavior, anyone else? Seemed as though he just wanted to forget the whole stop ever happened.
(This was Lakewood, evening stop, dark factory tinted windows, Scion xB, and took place recently - since the Forza shootings. Primary carry in Condition One.)
While reading the Search and Seizure Manual linked in the "Stop and Identify" thread, a question struck me. It may seem a little off topic, but...
Just curious if others have ever run into a sudden change in demeanor of a police officer after a pretext traffic stop where they were initially playing the 'big bad cop' part until they belatedly ask if there is anything in the car they should know about and you indicate there are loaded firearms?
In my instance, the lane the officer was in ended after ample warning, and he jumped in behind me and pulled me over for not yielding to him early enough to satisfy him. (It was not my lane that ended, but the right traffic lane he was in, and I moved out of the remaining lane to the left turn lane to make my turn when it became available to me.)
Anyway, when he finally asked, I told him there were two loaded pistols in the car, he got really nervous and agitated and I had to direct him several times to the CPL he was holding in his hand before he even appeared to comprehend what I was saying, at which time he glanced at it, and handed my driver's license, insurance card, registration and CPL back and politely wished me a good day while looking like he wanted to pee himself.
I found it odd behavior, anyone else? Seemed as though he just wanted to forget the whole stop ever happened.
(This was Lakewood, evening stop, dark factory tinted windows, Scion xB, and took place recently - since the Forza shootings. Primary carry in Condition One.)