Fallschirjmäger
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UPDATED Forsyth County Deputy demands to disarm me in my yard
I have a poured cement driveway constructed in such a manner that there is a pad for parking built parallel to the county road. This afternoon, someone who was attending a function at an unknown neighbors decided that my pad made an absolutely lovely place to park his Mercedes.
I called FCSO and requested a deputy to mediate the situation but it didn't go well.
As Deputy See arrived, I was stripping some metal, I looked up and told him I'd be right back, I had to wash off a chemical burn from my hand.
"Leave the weapon inside, Sir!"
When I went back out, Deputy See was barricaded behind his unit with his weapon drawn. "Keep your hands up! Don't touch the weapon!" He advanced from behind cover, "I thought I told you to leave it inside."
I just looked at him and smiled.
After about five minutes of him giving orders to take my pistol inside, and me not doing it, we finally got around to the nature of the call, and interspersed with what I thought were rather nervous movements, backing away, and more hiding behind the trunk of his car.
As we were conversing and I was getting the idea that the conversation was goin' south, I asked him for his business card. From his barricaded position he started filling it out. I don't think he appreciated when I whistled for his attention and reminded him that he was looking down and instead should be looking at me since I had the gun.
In the end, he said that the car that was on the cement pad was "legally parked on the road" and said there was nothing he could do. However, my car which was parked at the curb was "double parked."
"So, you're not going to do anything about it then?"
"No, sir, I am not."
"Well, you can go ahead and get off my property then, I don't need you."
That didn't go over very well and he went in to the "Officer safety" spiel and how dangerous his job was.
"Dude, you've got like the 14th or 15th most dangerous job. Taxi drivers, and 7-11 clerks have more dangerous jobs."
He went on about how dangerous it was and I asked him the last time he got shot at.
"I was in the Army, I was a Ranger. I'm retired."
"1/508th, 82nd Airborne Division, also retired. How ya doin', sparky?" I guess his memory wasn't too sharp as I hadn't asked for his curriculum vitae.
I didn't really appreciate being treated like the enemy, and it was more than a little kinda worrisome to be faced with someone who's visibly shaking with fear, his eyes big as saucers.
I guess an ORA is in the cards for Tuesday, and this time I hope they give me more than just the incident report. If they try that, I'll see what escalation steps I'll have to take.
File images from earlier in the year.
If that's part of the road...then am I littering?? :mrgreen:
I have a poured cement driveway constructed in such a manner that there is a pad for parking built parallel to the county road. This afternoon, someone who was attending a function at an unknown neighbors decided that my pad made an absolutely lovely place to park his Mercedes.
I called FCSO and requested a deputy to mediate the situation but it didn't go well.
As Deputy See arrived, I was stripping some metal, I looked up and told him I'd be right back, I had to wash off a chemical burn from my hand.
"Leave the weapon inside, Sir!"
When I went back out, Deputy See was barricaded behind his unit with his weapon drawn. "Keep your hands up! Don't touch the weapon!" He advanced from behind cover, "I thought I told you to leave it inside."
I just looked at him and smiled.
After about five minutes of him giving orders to take my pistol inside, and me not doing it, we finally got around to the nature of the call, and interspersed with what I thought were rather nervous movements, backing away, and more hiding behind the trunk of his car.
As we were conversing and I was getting the idea that the conversation was goin' south, I asked him for his business card. From his barricaded position he started filling it out. I don't think he appreciated when I whistled for his attention and reminded him that he was looking down and instead should be looking at me since I had the gun.
In the end, he said that the car that was on the cement pad was "legally parked on the road" and said there was nothing he could do. However, my car which was parked at the curb was "double parked."
"So, you're not going to do anything about it then?"
"No, sir, I am not."
"Well, you can go ahead and get off my property then, I don't need you."
That didn't go over very well and he went in to the "Officer safety" spiel and how dangerous his job was.
"Dude, you've got like the 14th or 15th most dangerous job. Taxi drivers, and 7-11 clerks have more dangerous jobs."
He went on about how dangerous it was and I asked him the last time he got shot at.
"I was in the Army, I was a Ranger. I'm retired."
"1/508th, 82nd Airborne Division, also retired. How ya doin', sparky?" I guess his memory wasn't too sharp as I hadn't asked for his curriculum vitae.
I didn't really appreciate being treated like the enemy, and it was more than a little kinda worrisome to be faced with someone who's visibly shaking with fear, his eyes big as saucers.
I guess an ORA is in the cards for Tuesday, and this time I hope they give me more than just the incident report. If they try that, I'll see what escalation steps I'll have to take.
File images from earlier in the year.
If that's part of the road...then am I littering?? :mrgreen:
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