texanjoker wrote:You will not be allowed to carry a weapon on a ride along in most places per dept. policy, and there wont' be a 30.06 sign on the police car. You will have the choice, either ride unarmed or don't ride. Ride alongs can be deadly as well. There have been ride alongs shot before. I had a ride along riding with me when I got into into a fatal officer involved shooting.mojo84 wrote:I too would have ignored it.
This brings up another question. What about on a police ride-a-long?
I really don't see why the cops are getting slammed in this topic aside from it being on this forum. The CHURCH LEADERS made an arrangement with the police and told their members to not carry a weapon. The members then agreed to this by going. If anybody has issue with this, maybe they should be asked why the church leaders agreed to this? At that point, one had the choice - Do I want to participate or not? Nobody made anybody go feed the bums and the choice was theirs to either comply with the groups instructions or not. It sounds like the police kept their end and went with the group to protect them.
There is a huge difference between "group instructions" and an officer telling someone directly to disarm. If the group leaders requested that the officer ask folks to disarm, a professional officer should have informed them that is not something he can really be involved with.
