pkbites
Regular Member
What I meant was, someone might see a badge in my wallet and think I was on official business or something. I wouldn't want someone to think I was buying booze and drinking on the job. How does that warrant your post?
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New to Open carry in Wisconsin
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What I meant was, someone might see a badge in my wallet and think I was on official business or something. I wouldn't want someone to think I was buying booze and drinking on the job. How does that warrant your post?
Maybe cop did notice you had a gun, maybe cop didn't do anything about it, because he can't do anything about it. So your mad cop didn't do anything about it, but you would've been mad if he did do so
Etching about it. The doubleedgeswordisreal.com.
Wstar425
Regular Member
I'm not mad about anything.
My point was that with a big old chunk of iron hanging off my side, it wouldn't/shouldn't take much observation to notice. Anyone NOT noticing it isn't paying much attention, especially passing by 4 feet away. I'd like to think police officers are more observant than most, but I don't expect them to see everything. I don't know if this particular one noticed or not, as he didn't do or say anything, or have any kind of reaction. As it should have been, since I wasn't doing anything wrong. I was trying to relay actually, that I was pretty sure he noticed, because to not notice would have been almost incompetent, although I do not really think he should "lose his badge" if he didn't. Having one "possible" interaction in the test zone, my experience has been ok, although the sample isn't large enough to have any real meaning.
Law abider
Regular Member
What I meant was, someone might see a badge in my wallet and think I was on official business or something. I wouldn't want someone to think I was buying booze and drinking on the job. How does that warrant your post?
What I meant was that the perception is that leos don't drink. What does it matter? You could be going home from work, still in uniform and stop and buy liquor, unless dept policy states you have to be out of uniform.
pkbites
Regular Member
You're kidding, right?
Firearms Iinstuctor
Regular Member
Law abider ask your police friends about doing stuff like that and see how they answer it.
Law abider
Regular Member
I shall. I know Chief does drink a Corona here or there but out of uniform so far as I have seen. I once OCed into a sport's bar and met him for lunch, while he was in uniform. He was not drinking then, but that was on work time. I would also know that he would not buy liquor in uniform. He and I are both very religious, I know you know what I mean. But as for others I'll ask them.
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Law abider
Regular Member
No I was not kidding, which brings me back to my first point. LEOS are looked upon as holier than thou people who should not drink because they are empowered to catch DWI/OWI/DUI folks on the road. I don't have a problem you buying liquor, but it seems to make you uncomfortable buying liquor in uniform on the way home from work. Maybe you shouldn't drink if you feel that way. It should not make any difference. You are a LEO in and out of uniform.
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pkbites
Regular Member
You live in North Bumfunk. Buying liquor in uniform or presenting the appearance of drinking/buying liquor in uniform wouldn't fly here in a large metro area.
For someone who has been on these boards long enough you should know how the perceptions of the general public can be wrong. Someone seeing a badge in my wallet while I was buying alcohol might have a bird even though nothing wrong was taking place.
For someone who has been on these boards long enough you should know how the perceptions of the general public can be wrong. Someone seeing a badge in my wallet while I was buying alcohol might have a bird even though nothing wrong was taking place.
Law abider
Regular Member
Why is it that the board of supervisors or police commissioners frown upon you buying liquor while they are drinkers of liquor themselves? Isn't that a double standard? I mean for those of us who OC do you leave your gun at home and go buy liquor? I don't and I walk out without the brown bag. Why be ashamed?
Law abider
Regular Member
But then it would matter if you are over imbibing at home. In that case I would have a problem because you being a LEO it could affect your job the next day. In my personal case I am also a pastor and my Lord warns against any form of offense to others and Him. So knowing the scriptures I have no excuse to over imbibe. Everyone has that line in them.
Firearms Iinstuctor
Regular Member
Wouldn't fly in any Dept. I worked for in the northland.
It just some thing one should not do in uniform.
It just some thing one should not do in uniform.
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Law abider
Regular Member
You mean LEOS should not imbibe or over imbibe, should not purchase in uniform?
paul@paul-fisher.com
Regular Member
You know, none of this has anything to do with the OP's question. He isn't a LEO.
Wstar425
Regular Member
Went thru Menomonee Falls this morning on my way to Sussex. Saw no OCers, me neither.
My neighbor flagged me down kinda laughing, said he was down at the bar, Twin Bay Resort , and some guy told him not to go to the Windmill Ice Cream Shoppe as the Undercover Cops were there with the drug dog. Asked some questions and determined that it was me. Not a cop and not a drug dog, tho almost every walk someone asks. I think it makes people "feel better" to think I must be LE? Set them straight immediately. I guess I made Facebook as well, but I haven't been able to track it down yet.
My question was why would you care unless you had drugs?
Apparently not very good at "undercover" either!
My neighbor flagged me down kinda laughing, said he was down at the bar, Twin Bay Resort , and some guy told him not to go to the Windmill Ice Cream Shoppe as the Undercover Cops were there with the drug dog. Asked some questions and determined that it was me. Not a cop and not a drug dog, tho almost every walk someone asks. I think it makes people "feel better" to think I must be LE? Set them straight immediately. I guess I made Facebook as well, but I haven't been able to track it down yet.
My question was why would you care unless you had drugs?
Apparently not very good at "undercover" either!
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Agree. This thread has rolled off the table. It is not a thread to generalize about your open carry or discuss LEOs buying alcohol. It was intended only to get information for the OP.
If nothing further on topic ensues, we can always close this out.