Before the stop was over, they had talked about guns and cars. He got a warning only.
Regards,
Chas.
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- Thu Mar 24, 2005 2:40 pm
- Forum: LEO Contacts & Bloopers
- Topic: LEO contacts
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Funny DPS traffic stop
I've heard about many traffic stops since 1995, but one of the funniest was from my youngest son, at least I think it was his story. When he was stopped by a DPS trooper, he handed the trooper his TDL and his CHL. The trooper asked where the gun was and he said in an IWB holster on his right side. The trooper responded, "I'll make you a deal. If you don't go for yours, I won't go for mine." Now that's funny!
Before the stop was over, they had talked about guns and cars. He got a warning only.
Regards,
Chas.
Before the stop was over, they had talked about guns and cars. He got a warning only.
Regards,
Chas.
- Mon Mar 14, 2005 11:40 am
- Forum: LEO Contacts & Bloopers
- Topic: LEO contacts
- Replies: 37
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A produce of the passage of time?
I suspect that the difference between Baytown's post/experience and Chris' is the passage of time; 10 since the passage of SB60 to be exact. When the CHL battle was ongoing, we saw the older more experienced officers supporting CHL, while the younger officers were clearly among the ranks of the “me but not thee� crowd. This was especially true of the young HPD officers. Of course, the older, high-ranking officers were opposed, but as Chris mentioned, that was the result of political pressure. The experienced street COP’s were solidly on our side.
In the ten years since SB 60 passed, and in the sixteen years since a strong effort to pass CHL began, many of these older, more experienced officers who supported us have retired. The guys who were young when the CHL battle was raging and who opposed us are now the senior officers. While a few of the more vocal and prominent officers who opposed us later admitted they were wrong (like the then-head of the Dallas Police Officers Association), most have not, at least not publically. Currently, the younger officers have had ten years experience with CHL’s and know we are not a problem. I think it is a matter of the guys with “heavy badge syndrom� working through the system. They opposed CHL as young officers, refuse to admit they were wrong, so they still oppose CHL as senior officers. I’m not talking about senior officers who are opposing CHL for purely political reasons. A little more intellectual honesty from those folks would be refreshing, wouldn’t it?
What really amazes me is why would any group (in this case, high-ranking officers) want to alienate the very people who would otherwise be their strongest supporters? Thankfully, law enforcement in Texas as a whole supports CHL.
Regards,
Chas.
In the ten years since SB 60 passed, and in the sixteen years since a strong effort to pass CHL began, many of these older, more experienced officers who supported us have retired. The guys who were young when the CHL battle was raging and who opposed us are now the senior officers. While a few of the more vocal and prominent officers who opposed us later admitted they were wrong (like the then-head of the Dallas Police Officers Association), most have not, at least not publically. Currently, the younger officers have had ten years experience with CHL’s and know we are not a problem. I think it is a matter of the guys with “heavy badge syndrom� working through the system. They opposed CHL as young officers, refuse to admit they were wrong, so they still oppose CHL as senior officers. I’m not talking about senior officers who are opposing CHL for purely political reasons. A little more intellectual honesty from those folks would be refreshing, wouldn’t it?
What really amazes me is why would any group (in this case, high-ranking officers) want to alienate the very people who would otherwise be their strongest supporters? Thankfully, law enforcement in Texas as a whole supports CHL.
Regards,
Chas.