silver nekode
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So I got off of work the other day, and the other Supervisor who relieved me asked if I wanted to go to breakfast. Because he works swing, he doesn't have any patrols and has time to do stuff like this as long as he answers any calls. We decided to go to the Denny's on Eagle and Fairview. As I normally do, before I left the parking lot at work, I put on my pistol(can't carry when I'm working as supervisor). When we got to Denny's as we were about to go in, a lady with her young son(probably between 5 and 7) came out the door. My friend held the door and I stepped back out of the way, and as they came out the kid asked "are you police men?" I chuckled and told him no, we are not police, we are security officers, we help the police(I know it's not exactly accurate, but I try to make children understand that we are still the "good guys") The kid then asked "is that a gun?" and started reaching for my pistol. This was the first time anyone had ever reached for my pistol, and I actually had the adrenaline rush hit from it. I reflexively clamped my elbow over the pistol and stepped back on my right foot, pivoting the pistol and side of my body away from the kids hand. Then once I was able to think, more than just react, I reached down and covered the entire top of the pistol and holster. I then started to kneel and give the kid my speech about how he should never touch or play with guns, and got out "don't touch that. You don't ever want to touch a gun..."when the woman grabbed the kid by the hand, appologized to me, and dragged him away. I understand her getting nervous, but was still a little dissapointed at the reaction of dragging him away rather than let him hear a talk from someone in uniform about not playing with guns(keep in mind I was still in uniform with my badge right next to my pistol on my belt.) Afterwards we went in and had lunch and had no problems from the people working or eating at Denny's. One waitress did a huge doubletake, but she didn't say anything. It's hard to get real results on what people will allow when I'm in uniform because it looks more normal to them if I have my badge. I couldn't believe the adrenaline rush when the kid reached for the pistol though. I guess it shows you can train all you want, but the first time will always scare you pretty good, and this didn't even turn out to be a truly dangerous situation.
So I got off of work the other day, and the other Supervisor who relieved me asked if I wanted to go to breakfast. Because he works swing, he doesn't have any patrols and has time to do stuff like this as long as he answers any calls. We decided to go to the Denny's on Eagle and Fairview. As I normally do, before I left the parking lot at work, I put on my pistol(can't carry when I'm working as supervisor). When we got to Denny's as we were about to go in, a lady with her young son(probably between 5 and 7) came out the door. My friend held the door and I stepped back out of the way, and as they came out the kid asked "are you police men?" I chuckled and told him no, we are not police, we are security officers, we help the police(I know it's not exactly accurate, but I try to make children understand that we are still the "good guys") The kid then asked "is that a gun?" and started reaching for my pistol. This was the first time anyone had ever reached for my pistol, and I actually had the adrenaline rush hit from it. I reflexively clamped my elbow over the pistol and stepped back on my right foot, pivoting the pistol and side of my body away from the kids hand. Then once I was able to think, more than just react, I reached down and covered the entire top of the pistol and holster. I then started to kneel and give the kid my speech about how he should never touch or play with guns, and got out "don't touch that. You don't ever want to touch a gun..."when the woman grabbed the kid by the hand, appologized to me, and dragged him away. I understand her getting nervous, but was still a little dissapointed at the reaction of dragging him away rather than let him hear a talk from someone in uniform about not playing with guns(keep in mind I was still in uniform with my badge right next to my pistol on my belt.) Afterwards we went in and had lunch and had no problems from the people working or eating at Denny's. One waitress did a huge doubletake, but she didn't say anything. It's hard to get real results on what people will allow when I'm in uniform because it looks more normal to them if I have my badge. I couldn't believe the adrenaline rush when the kid reached for the pistol though. I guess it shows you can train all you want, but the first time will always scare you pretty good, and this didn't even turn out to be a truly dangerous situation.
