Drove down to Chambers Creek with my 3 kids and 1 of their friends at 1330 today so they could swim. Parked on right side of road across from park entrance. At the trail head sat a University Place Police/Pierce County Sheriff suv. UP contracts with the county sheriff for services. We get out of vehicle, stand around a minute while kids are changing shoes. At this time i tell my son to get the camera ready, it takes great vids. Ofc gets out of suv walks into the trail . We cross street walk in front of his suv and Boom! he comes right at me walking away from park signage. Conversation went something like this.
Ofc: " Hey , i know your open carrying and its legal and all that . I was checking the sign to see if firearms were permitted, but all its says it prohibits dischaching them." ( i knew this was gonna be fun as i had a boring day up to then)
Me: "yea"?
Ofc: "why you OCing"
Me: "cuz i want to
Ofc: "you have a Cpl"? ( yes i should of asked if i was being detained, but like i said i was bored)
Me: "yep" ( no way in hell was i gonna show him)
Ofc: "well why dont you cover it up? You know they make different holsters for that"? ( my Taurus 24/7 in a thumb snap nylon holster with a pouch for an extra mag. 31 rounds of .40 Federal HST goodness)
Me: "dont want to, its too hot,and like you said its legal"
Ofc again: "They do make different holsters to conceal that"
Me: "Well i have a new holster on the way this week, its a Serpa for my new Glock 22 i just bought yesterday i plan on Oc'ing that one too" ( the look on his face was priceless)
Ofc: "well if anybody calls while you in the park and complains, that would be warranting alarm , and that bring this to a whole new level" ( he definetely didnt like how this was going)
Me: " merely open carrying a firearm in a holster does not in and of itself does not warrant alarm"
Ofc: "have a nice day"
Me: "you too"
Walking away my son says " batteries were dead." My daughter had been playing with it. :banghead: So no video.
Kids said Ofc. was stupid. I told them that he was just ignorant of the law and trying to intimidate me.
About an hour later Ofc. walks down to water, pretty sure he was looking for me. Left. Thats the last i seen of him.
That was first neg encounter with a LEO. Fun was had by all! TPD has always been professional never a word from them.
Ofc: " Hey , i know your open carrying and its legal and all that . I was checking the sign to see if firearms were permitted, but all its says it prohibits dischaching them." ( i knew this was gonna be fun as i had a boring day up to then)
Me: "yea"?
Ofc: "why you OCing"
Me: "cuz i want to
Ofc: "you have a Cpl"? ( yes i should of asked if i was being detained, but like i said i was bored)
Me: "yep" ( no way in hell was i gonna show him)
Ofc: "well why dont you cover it up? You know they make different holsters for that"? ( my Taurus 24/7 in a thumb snap nylon holster with a pouch for an extra mag. 31 rounds of .40 Federal HST goodness)
Me: "dont want to, its too hot,and like you said its legal"
Ofc again: "They do make different holsters to conceal that"
Me: "Well i have a new holster on the way this week, its a Serpa for my new Glock 22 i just bought yesterday i plan on Oc'ing that one too" ( the look on his face was priceless)
Ofc: "well if anybody calls while you in the park and complains, that would be warranting alarm , and that bring this to a whole new level" ( he definetely didnt like how this was going)
Me: " merely open carrying a firearm in a holster does not in and of itself does not warrant alarm"
Ofc: "have a nice day"
Me: "you too"
Walking away my son says " batteries were dead." My daughter had been playing with it. :banghead: So no video.
Kids said Ofc. was stupid. I told them that he was just ignorant of the law and trying to intimidate me.
About an hour later Ofc. walks down to water, pretty sure he was looking for me. Left. Thats the last i seen of him.
That was first neg encounter with a LEO. Fun was had by all! TPD has always been professional never a word from them.