HankB wrote:IANAL, but this seems to be a cogent observaton by seamusTX.seamusTX wrote:In my opinion (IANAL, etc.), that policy was written by someone who did not understand the law or did not care to get it right.
PC 46.02 contains all the elements of the offense of unlawfully carrying a weapon, and acting as a police volunteer is not among them.
Furthermore, PC 46.02 does not apply to long guns, pepper spray, Tasers, and a range of other things that can be used as weapons.
Despite their officious confidence, police officials do not make law. I would ask for a specific cite of the actual law that legally disarms a "citizen on patrol."
(Oh, and that spiffy magnetic sign you get for your car? Isn't that sort of like painting a bullseye on your chest?)
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- Wed Jul 17, 2013 3:00 pm
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Re: Citizens on Patrol
Most of the cities with a "COP" program try to regulate "weapon s" and make participants sign their rules asking them to not carry weapons.