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gigag04 wrote:Having the violator approach you before you have cleared the car is tactically weak as I see it. Especially if you're standing in front of your car...the only cover you have on a stop. I bet alot of trafficking is missed by doing so. Also yelling at a compliant person because you're angry is unprofessional, as is rolling eyes and what not.

...speakin' from 20 years' experience in the state...they got a lot of that "unprofessional" stuff in LA...at all levels...

...Texas, on the other hand, seems that they give their LEOs a double shot of Texas pride while in the academy...a world of difference...in my limited 21 years experience here...

...donut fund, OF COURSE!!!

...two hundred for maximum fine('cause they know he won't challenge it in court) thirty for the df...

...even though the law doesn't require it, I'd rather disarm and leave it in the car than have someone unfamiliar and careless handle it...I've seen 'em slammed onto the roof of the car, dropped on the concrete...ham-handed attempts to unload...I don't want them handling my weapon unless necessary...

...that took gettin' used to when I came to Tx., too...in La. we'd have the driver get out and approach us, normally...as to not approaching him with a weapon on you...might be in the class as a suggestion, but in the law??? Never was when I worked there and OC was alive and well...the law says this now: http://www.lsp.org/handguns.html#duties" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

...their "Move Over" law: http://www.legis.state.la.us/lss/lss.asp?doc=88033" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;