Thank you. I wans't worried - my gut told me I was doing the right thing. But the encounter generated an opportunity to 'fine tune' or confirm what I thought was the right answer.Bullwhip wrote:Your name and address and dob are "indentifying info" not "ID". ID is a piece of plastic.
Goverment Code Sec. 411.205. REQUIREMENT TO DISPLAY LICENSE. If a license holder is carrying a handgun on or about the license holder's person when a magistrate or a peace officer demands that the license holder display identification, the license holder shall display both the license holder's driver's license or identification certificate issued by the department and the license holder's handgun license.
No requirement to have ID or have a CHL on your own property. No penalty for not showing ID since 2009. Don't worry.
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- Mon Dec 27, 2010 10:34 am
- Forum: LEO Contacts & Bloopers
- Topic: What constitutes request for ID?
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Re: What constitutes request for ID?
- Mon Dec 27, 2010 12:59 am
- Forum: LEO Contacts & Bloopers
- Topic: What constitutes request for ID?
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What constitutes request for ID?
Some kids, presumably, came though out neighborhood and vandalized Christmas decorations at a few homes - including ours. They killed our blow up rolly-polly reindeer by gutting it with a knife. All and all, it was not a lot of money involved, but I wanted the police to know so that they can be aware of any patterns that may be forming. So I called them and they sent a unit over.
In the course of the conversation in my front yard, the officer asked me for my name, DOB, and phone number which I provided. He did not, however, ask to see any ID nor ask if I was armed. So I did not show ID or CHL nor did I offer up that I was armed. But it occurred to me that by asking for my name, he was in a sense, asking for a form of identification. But my thinking is that the law is specific to asking for printed identification as opposed to any sort of verbal exchange of ID.
Would you all agree that this is correct? It just caught me by surprise a little as I was prepared for him to ask me for my ID but didn't anticipate this exchange.
In the course of the conversation in my front yard, the officer asked me for my name, DOB, and phone number which I provided. He did not, however, ask to see any ID nor ask if I was armed. So I did not show ID or CHL nor did I offer up that I was armed. But it occurred to me that by asking for my name, he was in a sense, asking for a form of identification. But my thinking is that the law is specific to asking for printed identification as opposed to any sort of verbal exchange of ID.
Would you all agree that this is correct? It just caught me by surprise a little as I was prepared for him to ask me for my ID but didn't anticipate this exchange.