I was the first on scene of a minor traffic accident this evening and phoned the police. They asked me to wait until they arrived before leaving the scene. As soon as the officer arrived on scene I presented him with my concealed weapon license and informed him that I had a weapon. He simply said, ok let me make contact with the driver then walked by me. Then asked me and the other witness if we would go stand on the sidewalk and he would be by in a sec. I did as I was told. All the while he is carrying my license around with him. After some time I decided he had forgotten and waived him over, he told me I didn't need to hang around and thanked me for calling it in, handed me my license, patted me on the back and said have a nice night. I thought it was weird he didn't seem concerned I was armed and made no mention of it. It was almost as if he didn't even realize what I told him and assumed the license I handed him was a driver's license. It was altogether a strange experience.
Just thought I'd share. Thanks for reading!
Just thought I'd share. Thanks for reading!
since I got my license. All the other officers I have met have done the following:
) is sound asleep in bed I'll tell you his take on all this ... If you have your CCL, you have been through nearly as many background checks as he has. He says that knowing someone has a license frees him up to keep an eye on all the other yahoos who DON'T have a license (i.e., who haven't had those background checks run). He says for him those folks are the "wild card" if you will in any encounter.
