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Declaration when not carrying
Greybeard:
I think that was just wrong on all counts. Unfy, I think you are going to cause me to increase my blood pressure meds!!!
HuskerXDM:
One of my friend's husband got pulled over tonight by LPD. He wasn't carrying so didn't inform. Officer told him he was required to inform even if he wasn't carrying so she texted me to check. Second text she sent said the officer said you should always inform regardless. Obviously the officer was wrong. I sent him the contact info for LPD and encouraged him to make contact with reference to the statute so LPD could better train their officers.
Mntnman:
--- Quote from: HuskerXDM on March 19, 2014, 07:25:53 PM ---One of my friend's husband got pulled over tonight by LPD. He wasn't carrying so didn't inform. Officer told him he was required to inform even if he wasn't carrying so she texted me to check. Second text she sent said the officer said you should always inform regardless. Obviously the officer was wrong. I sent him the contact info for LPD and encouraged him to make contact with reference to the statute so LPD could better train their officers.
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Thumbs up!
GreyGeek:
--- Quote from: HuskerXDM on March 19, 2014, 07:25:53 PM --- Obviously the officer was wrong.
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The Officer didn't think so at the time, and he is the one with the force of law, and a sidearm, behind him. Would it really be a good idea to engage in a debate with him about his knowledge of the law? If he/she is that uninformed about the CHP, what else does he/she misunderstand? And after the debate heats up you'd never know exactly when various other misunderstandings of the law would be applied to you ... refusal to follow a lawful order, impeding justice, resisting arrest. Check YouTube for a laundry list of bogus charges that people have ended up have to hire lawyers and spend lots of money to defend against.
It would be just a lot easier to say up front "I have a CHP but I am not carrying."
HuskerXDM:
--- Quote from: GreyGeek on March 21, 2014, 11:10:06 AM ---The Officer didn't think so at the time, and he is the one with the force of law, and a sidearm, behind him. Would it really be a good idea to engage in a debate with him about his knowledge of the law? If he/she is that uninformed about the CHP, what else does he/she misunderstand? And after the debate heats up you'd never know exactly when various other misunderstandings of the law would be applied to you ... refusal to follow a lawful order, impeding justice, resisting arrest. Check YouTube for a laundry list of bogus charges that people have ended up have to hire lawyers and spend lots of money to defend against.
It would be just a lot easier to say up front "I have a CHP but I am not carrying."
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My friend was cooperative with the officer. He explained that the State Patrol officer who taught his class told them it wasn't required to notify. At that, the officer dropped it and said, "I won't do anything about it this time." I simply stated that the officer was wrong and that his/her training needed to be improved. My friend got a speeding ticket, had a civil conversation with an officer, and drove away safely. Wasn't so bad. I recommend, in my classes, that people notify even if they aren't carrying, but that it is their right not to notify.
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