I bring this back up in referance to posts refering to this being "DPS policy" or not. Again, the DPS officer I talked to confirms this is NOT policy. Your best recourse is to comply and report the incident to higher ups.I just spoke with a DPS officer that works off-duty near me. He told me that they have been trained/told NOT to disarm motorists when pulled over for routine traffic stops. "We are not in the business off disarming people, CHl or not"....pretty much a quote. Most likely he said, it was a less experianced officer not brought up to speed on procedures.He told me if that situation happended to me, I should comply with the officer, but afterwards, report the matter to his/her supervisor so that he'she could be schooled on proper protocal.
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by NEB » Wed Nov 28, 2012 2:53 pm
My cousin and his wife relayed an experience to me when I saw them on Thanskgiving. They were stopped for 5 mph over (North Texas area), and my cousin was carrying under CHL and duly handed over DL and CHL. The LEO disarmed him, unloaded the firearm, unloaded the magazine, disassembled the firearm, and placed the individual pieces (slide, frame, barrel, recoil spring assembly) on different parts of the vehicle. My cousin was instructed that he could reassemble the weapon after the officer left. My other cousin's husband, who was a detective for years, was livid when he heard the story.
Now I am a pretty easy going fella, but had this happened to me, I would have been furious!
I would have the LEO's name and badge # and reported to his superiors...given that, there is a chance I would have been told "we are sorry, that officer will be reprimanded for this", maybe they would, maybe they wouldn't, but at least they would be on notice and hopefully it would stop. LEO's are just a micro-capsule of society, most are honest, right-minded beings, but just as the rest of society, there are and will always be a few who tarnish the rest. My belief is the OP came across an ill-informed or no so polished LEO. I for one resepct all LEO's for the thankless job they do. I would not like the job of walking up to a vehicle in the middle of the night, dark and isolated road, to question someone for whatever offense. If it is a BG, and I mean a REALLY BG, and they don't want to be there, that LEO is in grace danger. Respect all LEO, and report the ones that need it....