First.. Thanks for this post and for sharing your insight.gigag04 wrote:I inform LEOs I'm armed when I am stopped, and I appreciate the same courtesy.
Adding my $0.02, I inform LEO's even when I'm not armed. On the 2 occasions I've done so (1 TS and 1 other I'll get to in a sec) I feel its only helped the situation. If I'm a LEO doing a TS, I'd feel better getting that info up front. It would definitely serve to lessen my suspicions.
One day this weekend, I walked with my kid over to the neighbors a few houses down. We're feeding the neighbors cats while they're out of town. I wait outside talking with another neighbor when I hear the alarm go off inside the house. Failure to disable it in time. Entered the wrong code. Long story short, the local LE shows up about 5 minutes later (good response time, I thought). He was pretty calm, asked some questions, asked for ID. I assumed he'd run my ID so I handed my DL to him and told him "I have a CHL but I'm not armed at the moment". He said "Why not?"
Obviously that encounter ended well.
