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Got off work for a couple of hours to testify in court on a tresspasser a few weeks back on federal property.
In full uniform with Military ID, and took off my duty belt and left at work but had a spare set of cuffs in my back pocket.
King County made me surrender them, also took my cuff keys, including making me take the one off my car keys and surrender them along with the cuffs.
According to King County sheriffs, handcuffs are deadly weapons, and so are the keys to them.
I showed them my id, and told um what I was there for. Nope no go, they are deadly weapons, surrendered and lockered um.
So, here's the irony of the incident.
Prior schedule to the tresspass was for some protection orders. Two gals, petitioner gets her P.O and No contact order. Respondent after having it explained to her and signing the papers, swears at the petioner and then shoves the petitioner.
Bailif responds... No cuffs... Left her cuffs at the desk... Had to call for cuffs while trying to subdue one ticked of woman.
I was nice enough to move to the door to make sure that the respondent woman would have a harder time leaving, but I wasn't gonna end up in the middle a that tussle, over all it was kinda comical and ironic. My job was to be a good witness at the time not a hero.
Got off work for a couple of hours to testify in court on a tresspasser a few weeks back on federal property.
In full uniform with Military ID, and took off my duty belt and left at work but had a spare set of cuffs in my back pocket.
King County made me surrender them, also took my cuff keys, including making me take the one off my car keys and surrender them along with the cuffs.
According to King County sheriffs, handcuffs are deadly weapons, and so are the keys to them.
I showed them my id, and told um what I was there for. Nope no go, they are deadly weapons, surrendered and lockered um.
So, here's the irony of the incident.
Prior schedule to the tresspass was for some protection orders. Two gals, petitioner gets her P.O and No contact order. Respondent after having it explained to her and signing the papers, swears at the petioner and then shoves the petitioner.
Bailif responds... No cuffs... Left her cuffs at the desk... Had to call for cuffs while trying to subdue one ticked of woman.
I was nice enough to move to the door to make sure that the respondent woman would have a harder time leaving, but I wasn't gonna end up in the middle a that tussle, over all it was kinda comical and ironic. My job was to be a good witness at the time not a hero.