Good Cops - Bad Cops

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I hear about these Cops that can't stand OCers, then I see Cops waving to me like what's up dude!

I was OCing at Office Depot in Draper, walking my new puppy to my car, I look up and I see a Murray Police Car with a woman in the (passenger seat) and a male Cop behind the wheel, they are off duty eating In & Out Burgers in the middle of the Parking Lot.

I see them looking my way, Iput the dog in the car and have not made eye contact with them yet. I am wearing my Cowboy hat, my Infidel OD Green T-shirt, XD40 in my serpa #2 holster, in shorts with nike sandals. I finally make contact with them, they both wave as they are throwing down some big burgers, and they give me that, "hey what's up head nod."

I am thinking do they think I am a LEO off duty too, because the greeting was very friendly? Either way I have never run into those "Bad Cops" that hate the fact that we can OC in front of them. TheCops I see are always eating and perhaps can'tbe bothered with a weird looking dude witha loaded gun on his hip.

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It is good to hear of a positive encounter every now and then.

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LOL. Come hang out in WVC for a spell and see what happens to ya.:uhoh: You'll hot foot it back to Draper just to escape.

Kevin

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Pistol Pete Utah wrote:

I hear about these Cops that can't stand OCers, then I see Cops waving to me like what's up dude!

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While I'm sure there are exceptions--and I don't want to impugn anyone--I do think that in many cases a person's overall appearance and comportment often has a huge effect on what response, if any, they get from police while OCing. There are a few times when I end up OCing in my working grubbies. But most often I'm wearing a polo shirt with new jeans. And I'm a fat, balding, middle age white dude who often has a wife and/or a couple of kids in tow. And I rarely spend any time in WVC.

Charles

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LovesHisXD45 wrote:

LOL. Come hang out in WVC for a spell and see what happens to ya.:uhoh: You'll hot foot it back to Draper just to escape.

Kevin

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I have no real good reason to go to WVC, but I now can use the excuse of the puppy needs to "socialize" with other dogs like Pitbulls, which it never sees in the south east end of the valley. :lol:

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My first real out-of-the-house OC experience consisted of going to cabela's, best buy, target, walmart, and ended by being escorted out of a mall by the malls' security, backed up by a police officer. We all exchanged words and even had some laughs. I apologized for not realizing it was 'posted' as I didn't see any signs or anything and thought OC was fine in the mall. The Police officer said 'Well, out there (pointing outside) you can carry a gun anywhere you want, but when you cross private property lines, they have the right to allow or disallow firearms...

I've had a couple other encounters with LEOs and never yet have had a 'bad-cop' experience.