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Sorry, I didn't give the whole story here (i've talked about it here previously though.)

My friend was handcuffed, disarmed, and placed in the back of a police car while the officer "investigated"

I felt it was excessive, yes.

Had it been a simple, "Sir, you're failing to conceal, please step outside, I need to speak with you" I think that would have been the most called for.
I have no problem that the officer responded to a citizen report, I think he was excessive in his response, however.


EDIT after my original post:
I've had a police officer arrive at my home when a kid looked over my fence, and saw me cleaning my rifle in my backyard. She called the cops, and the officer came over, basically saying, "I'm sorry, but a woman called me all paniced that her child saw you with a gun. I'm not worried, but I just wanted to come out."

Most police around here are great about these things, but you'll always find one that can spoil it for you. Due to the experience my friend had, I thought texas LEO's were hardcore about failure to conceal.

A friend of mine got hassled by a police officer in Plano back in 2005 when his cover garment got wedged behind his weapon. He got the whole treatment, while I got to sit and watch. The "treatment" was because some woman complained to the officer in a panic.

Now on the other side of the coin, while at a Chilis in Wylie, I had a similar problem, and a wylie officer just tapped me on the shoulder and said, "you're showing." I did and that was that.

From what i've heard from others, as long as you're obviously trying to conceal, and not causing a panic, you're fine.