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When I was being recruited I wasn't permitted to carry under my CHL.


However - the officer showed me how to work the shotgun/AR-15 release and deploy the rifle if need be (if he went down). He also showed me where the mic was to use the radio if I *had* to.

chabouk wrote:

gigag04 wrote:

chabouk wrote: ...I support Peace Officers, but not those LEOs (I can't bring myself to call them "peace officers") who take such an us-versus-them approach to their work, who treat the public as the enemy, who treat every encounter as an opportunity to fish for something bigger.

Are you not taking the same us-versus-them approach?

No. I don't initiate the interaction, and I don't assume every LEO is a threat.

I hope you realize I was talking about a specific mindset, not all cops. I tried to state that clearly.

Understood. I will inform you that every LEO perceives you as a possible threat - don't take it personal. Most of us can still be professional and even polite - but I WILL be going home at the end of my shift with same number of holes that I came on with.

I highly recommend anyone that doesn't understand what being a city cop is like sign up for a ride. It's eye opening really.

ELB wrote:...they have the backing of their departments, legal powers, official immunity

Who has "official immunity?"

chabouk wrote:

...I support Peace Officers, but not those LEOs (I can't bring myself to call them "peace officers") who take such an us-versus-them approach to their work, who treat the public as the enemy, who treat every encounter as an opportunity to fish for something bigger.

Are you not taking the same us-versus-them approach?