I had a short conversation with a Lt. in the city PD. He told me that all shifts and divisions have had and were having meetings with the patrol officers concerning July 1st and the changes to 97-37-1. They were making sure that all the officers knew that openly carrying a holstered firearm was not illegal, and that they could not and should not do anything about it, if that's all the complaint is. They will of course respond if a complaint is received, but I imagine from the way he talked, they would only end up explaining to the complainant that the person is doing nothing wrong or illegal.
The only concern he said, that had been expressed (I'm assuming in those meetings) was that if the bad guys figure out they can openly carry in a holster and the cops will not approach them, it could end up ruining it for the rest of us. (read: legislature changes the law again next year by some fancy wordsmithing). I said although that's a legitimate concern, I didn't think it would be much of a problem. I hadn't heard of it being a major problem in any other OC state. Besides bad guys don't want you to know they have a gun, until they pull it on you.
Well, at least my PD is educating their patrol officers, and setting policy on what to do and not to do. That's more than I can say for a lot of PD's.
I'll be paying close attention to the local media post July 1.
