It is possible to be "completely professional" and still engage in behavior that can potentially escalate an encounter. I know of incidents here where exactly that happened; body language and obvious nervousness on the part of the officer agitated the driver, which in turn agitated the officer, who misinterpreted... it's a bad loop to get into.EEllis wrote:All I heard is how the OP interpreted the officers "Tone". I did not hear one bit of inappropriate behavior on the part of the officer just that the OP wasn't happy with how he viewed the actions. Personally I don't care how a cop pulling me over feels. Where they reasonable professional?" Did they stretch it out and take up to much of my time? If given a cite is it something the officer could believe I did? I don't care if they are scared to wetting their pants at finding out I have a chl until they pull me out a gun point.
I'm not going to fault either the OP or the officer here, as by his own description, the OP did everything "right" and the officer is a newbie, without the seasoning of experience to lessen the nervousness (but hopefully never to lull into complacency). It is a good learning experience, though, for everyone, readers included. You never know who you're going to encounter, behind the badge or in front of it.