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by OldCurlyWolf
Wed Sep 14, 2011 12:56 am
Forum: LEO Contacts & Bloopers
Topic: Checked to see if my guns were stolen...?
Replies: 53
Views: 8969

Re: Checked to see if my guns were stolen...?

J.R.@A&M wrote:(SNIP) Then he came back and told me he wanted to check my weapons to see if they were stolen. So he had me get out and I cooperated in helping him locate and draw both my revolvers, which he carried off to his car, while I got back in. Well, this seemed different from any LEO encounter that I had read about (I confess to not having read about many). After a while, he came back, opened the rear door and told me he was laying both revolvers on the rear car seat, and that I could get them after he left. He had unloaded them. He then told me he was giving me a warning about the stop sign. He thanked me for being cooperative. And that was it. Big relief about the warning. The rest of it was kind of curious.
Since I normally do not carry on my immediate person while driving, the moment I step outside my vehicle, if asked/ordered to by a LEO, my firearm(s) and everything else in the interior of my vehicle is off limits to everyone who does not have a warrant. I don't step out without locking my vehicle.


OP wasn't in that position. Shame. :nono:

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by OldCurlyWolf
Mon Dec 27, 2010 3:18 am
Forum: LEO Contacts & Bloopers
Topic: Checked to see if my guns were stolen...?
Replies: 53
Views: 8969

Re: Checked to see if my guns were stolen...?

Bullwhip wrote:If the officer decides to arrest or arrest is required, when is a tow required? Can it be left on private property, or another driver take it if it's legal to drive?
A tow can be required because of an arrest or because of an abandoned vehicle in a dangerous position or in an area which is marked a tow-away zone or for a few other reasons. Most of which, if not all, require an officer conducted inventory of the vehicles contents, a detailed inventory, which may well take a couple of hours.

Being left on private property is often not legally an option. However if the person happens to make it home before being busted it is going to be almost impossible to do a legal tow on a vehicle that is not a stolen vehicle.

This question, like most of a legal nature, has an answer that comes down to "It Depends".

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by OldCurlyWolf
Sun Dec 26, 2010 10:39 pm
Forum: LEO Contacts & Bloopers
Topic: Checked to see if my guns were stolen...?
Replies: 53
Views: 8969

Re: Checked to see if my guns were stolen...?

Mike1951 wrote:
Under "TYPE OF SEARCH" he did not check the box for CONSENT, but he did check the box for INVENTORY. I take this to mean that he searched some of the vehicle's inventory, namely my weapons. This looks to me as if he thought he did not need my consent, since he didn't check that box. Else I am misinterpreting this form.
I was under the impression that 'inventory' was only done incidental to arrest.
Inventory only when an arrest or a tow is involved. Otherwise it is an illegal search.

This officer broke several laws and procedures. He deserves at least a reprimand on his record. :mad5

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