Mainsail
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Today I rode my bike down along the Thea Foss and up Shuster Parkway to Ruston. I then rode up the hill towards my house and decided to do a few laps around Wright Park to up the mileage. I rode a few laps around and through the park and noticed there were two police cars in the park. They had some guy in cuffs down in the middle of the park, probably for drinking or warrants or something. I was riding the path around the periphery of the park and I suppose the police were through with the guy they had cuffed, when I noticed one of the police cars turning to head me off. He beeped his siren so I stopped the bike.
The officer got out of the car and said he just wanted to ID me in case they got a call. I asked if I was being detained as he was pulling out his pad and pen, he said no but he just wanted to get my name. I declined to provide it. He asked, “You don’t want to provide your name?” in a puzzled tone, I said no. He warned me that if I came in contact with anyone in the park it may generate a priority call. I told him about my son getting smacked in the head by an adult last week and how the police took three hours to respond and that nothing had been done about it. He expressed nothing but disinterest. I don’t think he understood the point I was trying to make.
The stop was only two or three minutes and I wasn’t detained. One officer spoke and two stood by. He recognized that open carry was legal and mentioned that as an open carrier I probably knew more about the laws than the people in the park.
Today I rode my bike down along the Thea Foss and up Shuster Parkway to Ruston. I then rode up the hill towards my house and decided to do a few laps around Wright Park to up the mileage. I rode a few laps around and through the park and noticed there were two police cars in the park. They had some guy in cuffs down in the middle of the park, probably for drinking or warrants or something. I was riding the path around the periphery of the park and I suppose the police were through with the guy they had cuffed, when I noticed one of the police cars turning to head me off. He beeped his siren so I stopped the bike.
The officer got out of the car and said he just wanted to ID me in case they got a call. I asked if I was being detained as he was pulling out his pad and pen, he said no but he just wanted to get my name. I declined to provide it. He asked, “You don’t want to provide your name?” in a puzzled tone, I said no. He warned me that if I came in contact with anyone in the park it may generate a priority call. I told him about my son getting smacked in the head by an adult last week and how the police took three hours to respond and that nothing had been done about it. He expressed nothing but disinterest. I don’t think he understood the point I was trying to make.
The stop was only two or three minutes and I wasn’t detained. One officer spoke and two stood by. He recognized that open carry was legal and mentioned that as an open carrier I probably knew more about the laws than the people in the park.