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I was pulled over near Fort Davis by DPS troopers this summer on two different occassions (both times for no front plate). My wife knows I carry, but my children (ages 10 and 12) do not. These were the first times I had been stopped since receiving my plastic.

On both occassions, the DPS trooper read my mind. I handed them my DL, proof in ins., and CHL. The first trooper simply asked if "my friend was with me, and where", and winked. He returned my info and just said he wasn't going to out me to my kids. The second trooper asked me to exit the vehicle, but said he had a question he didn't want my kids to hear. He asked me at that point if I was armed, but only after I left the vehicle.

I appreciated their discretion in both instances. I asked the second trooper why I was pulled over twice for no front plate. He said that on Hwy 17 between Pecos and Ft. Davis, they were working a task force, pulling folks over for things like no front plate, failure to signal, broken lights, etc, primarily to check for illegals heading north or guns heading south.