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Keith B wrote:

diveinstructor wrote:

lws380 wrote:My advise is to continue with your plans. I think the irresponsible person here was the officer. He is obviously arrogant, lacks common sense, and has no empathy or compassion. Not exactly what I would call as the ideal features of a police officer. Not persuing it sends a message that he can get away with his behavior. I also think you may help keep this from happening to another person in similar circmstances.

The officer sounds like a young punk with a shiny new badge. He's letting his Harry Callahan ego overload his Barney Fife.

With all due respect you really don't know the background of the officer, so your statement is stereotyping. There are some very veteran officers who are as bad or worse on taking issues personally (like CHL or car carry) and having the view that they will write you for a violation no matter what because they don't believe in a non-LEO carrying.

Although there is likely some stereotyping as you say, I'm curious if you by chance know the officer and/or his background that is contrary of the stereotype? I too do not know him but I have hired and supervised many individuals over my career. I typically did not care to much about experience and knowledge. To me a good employee was one that was caring, eager to learn, showed initiative, honest, empathetic and a hard worker. To me these traits are most important. I'm not sure the officer in question has these traits, but it appears he does not from the previous post. Trying to train an individual that lacked some of these traits was nearly impossible.

My advise is to continue with your plans. I think the irresponsible person here was the officer. He is obviously arrogant, lacks common sense, and has no empathy or compassion. Not exactly what I would call as the ideal features of a police officer. Not persuing it sends a message that he can get away with his behavior. I also think you may help keep this from happening to another person in similar circmstances.