I go to the Spokanimal Dog Park regularly to excerise my American Bulldogs, most of the people there know me & because of research & reading I have now excerised my right to open carry more often. Obviously there are a few new people in & out of there who don't know who I am, I realized I was getting a few funny looks but thought nothing of it since I have been OCing almost everywhere now. I went to leave the park about 4 p.m. (we usually don't go til about 5-6 but had things to do later) & there were 2 squad cars. I thought nothing of it & exited the park & began walking to my car.
The officer greets me & I reply with a what's up n have to immediately tell my dogs to behave. With about 160 lbs of dog looking at him as if he were lunch he politetly requested I put my animals in the car so I did. I returned & he asked me for my ID, before I reached for it I asked if I had done something wrong. He said that he had recieved a call about someone carrying a firearm openly & that they were scared. I said I was carrying a weapon (he could see it lol) & said that I was doing nothing wrong. He asked me if I had a WA CPL I told him I did but at the time I did not have the card on me because I had lost it. He politely asked for my ID again & respectfully I declined due to I had done nothing wrong. He completely agreed & asked if he would be able to search me for any other weapons. I informed him that I did not consent to any search but I would not resist if a search were forcefully done. Another officer approached behind me & asked me to lift my arms, he pulled my firearm from my holster removed the magazine & pulled the slide back. He found my Benchmade knife & that was it, reset my firearm to where it was & began to hand it back to me. I said I would e much more comfortable with having him reholster the firearm for me.
The officers said thank you for my cooperation, shook my hand & let me be on my way. It was my first real encounter with LEO about my OCing, I felt it went very good & in no way were either or them hostile towards me.
The officer greets me & I reply with a what's up n have to immediately tell my dogs to behave. With about 160 lbs of dog looking at him as if he were lunch he politetly requested I put my animals in the car so I did. I returned & he asked me for my ID, before I reached for it I asked if I had done something wrong. He said that he had recieved a call about someone carrying a firearm openly & that they were scared. I said I was carrying a weapon (he could see it lol) & said that I was doing nothing wrong. He asked me if I had a WA CPL I told him I did but at the time I did not have the card on me because I had lost it. He politely asked for my ID again & respectfully I declined due to I had done nothing wrong. He completely agreed & asked if he would be able to search me for any other weapons. I informed him that I did not consent to any search but I would not resist if a search were forcefully done. Another officer approached behind me & asked me to lift my arms, he pulled my firearm from my holster removed the magazine & pulled the slide back. He found my Benchmade knife & that was it, reset my firearm to where it was & began to hand it back to me. I said I would e much more comfortable with having him reholster the firearm for me.
The officers said thank you for my cooperation, shook my hand & let me be on my way. It was my first real encounter with LEO about my OCing, I felt it went very good & in no way were either or them hostile towards me.