LEO Contact in Kansas City

[BARNDOUGH]

Last Thursday as I was out running some errands, I had just entered the freeway and hit the gas to get into traffic. The highway was busy and moving rapidly. Just as I passed the next exit, there he was, sitting on the side of the road "taking pictures". On came the bubble gum machine and I was nailed doing 76 mph in a 55 zone.

I pulled as far to the right of the shoulder as was possible to give the officer room to approach the car, turned the 4 ways on and placed my hands at 10 and 2 on the wheel.

When the officer arrived he asked for DL and Insurance.

Then as courtesy demands, I advised the officer that I have a CCW permit and that I was armed and told him where my gun was located. I asked him how he would like me to proceed. He said he was cool and asked me what I was carrying.

He then went back to his car and a few minutes later he came back with the ticket. But this is when it became good. He told me that I had handled advising him of my weapon in an excellent manner and that instead of issuing a ticket for 76 in a 55 he was only going to issue a ticket for going 60 in a 55.

Holding a CCW permit saved my bacon. Because I was cited for only going 5 mph over the limit, it was not a moving violation and no points will be accessed on my DL.

courtesy given to a fellow "good guy"

[slow9000aero]

Very nicely handled on both ends, the best is once in a blue moon encounter where he asks to hold your piece and after examination hands you his to see what you think, but I think that only happens in the sticks.

[whiptrackercracker]

I can still remember getting pulled over with my friend driving his car in High School. Only to find that my friend stashed his Desert Eagle in the Trunk and forgetting allowed the officer a full car search. Ha..Boy I think the look on my face was more classic than the officers when he opened the trunk. But like any good back country officer, he understood that Gun does not equal bad and that my friend was at least storing it properly. "He even asked if he could take it out to the range sometime". Its always good to see similar instances with CCW pull overs. Although I do not condone breaking the law, I think the majority of officers out there realize we are on their side and are "THE GOOD GUYS". Acting cool headed and making the officer feel safe goes a long way to getting a lesser punishment You handled the pull over well. I had not really put thought into the emergency flashers, makes sense though. Always something to remember when you run across the occasional jerk officer. They get phased out pretty quick, and what remains are truly our finest. Hats off to another good incident.

[grizlybear45]

that's the way it should be in every stop BUT, i was in my county sherrif's office talking to a deputy, a city officer, and then a state trooper. The first two were cool to all aspects of the previous stop just talked about. The state trooper not so nice. He told me very strongly that once he found out about the weapon he would draw his weapon upon you then seperate you from the weapon until he was done. First thought in my mind was my wife, my 8 & 6 year old daughters in the vehicle that i've taught the police officers are the good guys and here to help them is pointing their weapon at me! Makes you think. I didn't like this guy much as he was too cocky and the other officers didn't think much of it either.

[ecocks]

a$$6013 out there somewhere. You ran into one (thankfully at the station). Maybe he will mature or the other two will apply a little peer pressure to him. You can only hope.

Speaking personally, if I ever get a gun pulled and pointed at me without a damned good reason (like a lot more than I volunteered my license to them), there's gonna be a complaint letter in someone's file folder - guarranteed.

[1818]

The way you informed him was perfect. I'm an LEO and I love seeing other 'good guys' carrying. Usually I like to talk shop if the person has time or seems friendly but probably not on the side of the freeway like in this case. Keep carryin!