Racer X
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I had called in a pick up order at the Golden Wok off of Wendover on my way home from a friend's house. I pulled into the parking lot and there were 3 G'boro PD cars already there. I said "OK...no better time than now". I'm wearing about the nicest clothes I have outside a business suit...nice jeans and a black polo untucked. There was only one other customer in the whole place and the officers were sitting on my strong side right at the counter. I tried to make eye contact with the male officer as I walked in and give him a nod, but the eye contact and the nod weren't timed properly and I don't think he saw. I think he was avoiding eye contact because he had already noticed my gun as soon as I opened the door (good SA I guess) and he was trying not to stare. I walked up to the counter and and paid then turned around and sat on the other side of the dining area closest to the counter facing the entrance. At this point they were mumbling about who was going to say something so I went a head and started my recorder. They all walked by me to empty their trash and then one of the female officers came back and asked me what agency I was with. She had noticed that I was still wearing my work ID on a Motorola lanyard around my neck. I told her that I work with 911 in High Point. She then said "So you have a permit and everything?" I said that you didn't need a permit to OC, that is only for concealed. She replied "Really?, Well you shirt was covering your gun when you walked in", which wasn't true, but this wasn't going too bad so no sense in hashing that one out. There was no way that my shirt could magically cover my gun getting out of the car and then magically uncover itself sitting down. I tried it when I got home...won't happen. I just told her I was sorry and that I didn't mean for that to happen. She said "OK" and that was that. One of them did wait in their car for me to leave, but they didn't approach me when I exited.
Over all I wouldn't mind calling up the GPD and telling them that I appreciate their officers not making a big deal out of nothing. They handled it "correctly" even though they did accuse me of concealing, but blew it off just as quickly.
I'm sure I'll be more comfortable the next time, especially if it's a little more of a negative encounter.
I had called in a pick up order at the Golden Wok off of Wendover on my way home from a friend's house. I pulled into the parking lot and there were 3 G'boro PD cars already there. I said "OK...no better time than now". I'm wearing about the nicest clothes I have outside a business suit...nice jeans and a black polo untucked. There was only one other customer in the whole place and the officers were sitting on my strong side right at the counter. I tried to make eye contact with the male officer as I walked in and give him a nod, but the eye contact and the nod weren't timed properly and I don't think he saw. I think he was avoiding eye contact because he had already noticed my gun as soon as I opened the door (good SA I guess) and he was trying not to stare. I walked up to the counter and and paid then turned around and sat on the other side of the dining area closest to the counter facing the entrance. At this point they were mumbling about who was going to say something so I went a head and started my recorder. They all walked by me to empty their trash and then one of the female officers came back and asked me what agency I was with. She had noticed that I was still wearing my work ID on a Motorola lanyard around my neck. I told her that I work with 911 in High Point. She then said "So you have a permit and everything?" I said that you didn't need a permit to OC, that is only for concealed. She replied "Really?, Well you shirt was covering your gun when you walked in", which wasn't true, but this wasn't going too bad so no sense in hashing that one out. There was no way that my shirt could magically cover my gun getting out of the car and then magically uncover itself sitting down. I tried it when I got home...won't happen. I just told her I was sorry and that I didn't mean for that to happen. She said "OK" and that was that. One of them did wait in their car for me to leave, but they didn't approach me when I exited.
Over all I wouldn't mind calling up the GPD and telling them that I appreciate their officers not making a big deal out of nothing. They handled it "correctly" even though they did accuse me of concealing, but blew it off just as quickly.
I'm sure I'll be more comfortable the next time, especially if it's a little more of a negative encounter.