I'm sorry everyone, but I could not find any reference to the question I'm about to ask about. I've looked for the past 15 minutesgigag04 wrote:I ask almost every stop about weapons. I also ask about cocaine, crack, methamphetamine, marijuana, unprescribed controlled drugs, large sums of money, contraband, circus clowns, and rebellious nuns. I work the hood so nearly every stop is not just a "stop." It's interdiction of dope and drunks. I've never disarmed a CHL holder during a routine traffic stop, and I don't know anyone in my dept that does as SOP. I have disarmed a CHL holder during my contact who was the suspect of a theft and was ultimately arrested, tried, and convicted for theft. I understand that the majority of the people on this board are "one of the good guys" but in the moment how do we know? You can see the arrest stats for CHL holders...they are very small, but still present. I enjoy getting to chat with CHL holders and generally don't cite them, but I never let my guard down.flechero wrote: gigag04,
I assume since you hang out here, you aren't one to disarm everyone just for the sake of doing it. But for the guys you might work with who do disarm as SOP, do they ask every stop if they have weapons and search/clear vehicles, also as SOP?
and cannot find anything. I must not be feeling well.Anyway, I was wondering if any of you LEOs questioning and prolonging a stop has been altered by a case where a man was stopped for speeding and eventually arrested for felony possession of a gun? Does anyone remember the incident? A guy was stopped and cited, but the officer kept asking questions and stalling for another officer with a dog showed up to "search" the truck. He said he thought something was suspicious, but didn't know what. There was also a video that shows an officer taking the dog to the front of the truck and claims the dog alerted, but it was out of sight of the video. I think the charges were dropped and the evidence of the gun was thrown out.