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mgood wrote:But I live in a small town where it's rare for cops to ask anyone for ID unless they stop them for speeding or something. They already know who you are.

I can always find the rookies and the unobservant long-timers on the radio; they're the ones calling in a suspicious person at my work site.

I've actually heard this conversation pretty much verbatim:
<Cop1> Got somebody acting strange over at the ____ back lot. Guy wandering around the site with a flashlight after hours, looking at the cars and buildings, trying the doorknobs.
<Cop2> 'Bout six feet tall, gray shirt, black pants?
<Cop1> That's him.
<Cop2> ____ ball cap, badge, nametag and security logo on his shirt?
<Cop1> Uh, yeah.
<Cop2> That would be the security guard.
<Cop1> Are you sure?
<Cop2> Huh?

I've also had one pull up in a brightly lit part of the lot, spotlight me while I was wearing the uniform plus a "SECURITY" reflector vest (considering that vest, he was probably seeing spots for hours) and ask if I was the security officer. He didn't like it when I refused to answer until he told me who he was. (Hey, he just had a SPD car and uniform. It could have been anybody.)

rm9792 wrote:Doesnt matter if you are taking a wizz in the upstairs bathroom or landing the space shuttle, carrying+asked=production.

Actually, no. The only sites in must-notify states equipped for a shuttle landing are Lincoln Municipal Airport, Myrtle Beach International Airport, Dyess AFB and MCAS Cherry point. None are very high on the emergency sites list.

The Annoyed Man wrote:A strange question occurred to me this evening. Let's say you are carrying (concealed) inside your own home, and a police officer comes to your door to ask you some questions - doesn't matter why. The officer asks to see your identification as proof that this is your home.

Well, first, depending on when he came to the door, he might have to wait for me to go get it from my pants.

OTOH, I'd most likely just tell him it's in the other room, with my CHL, and ask if he'd prefer that I just give him my DL number from memory.