It was Melbourne and the fisherman was me. The complaint came from city workers that were working on the park lights. In the middle of casting my lure, I was approached by two female PD that asked if I was LEO. When I said no their demeanor changed pretty fast. I informed her of the fishing OC law, which she had no idea what I was talking about. She then went on to tell me it doesn't matter because this was a state park. It was a city park with city workers tending to it while we spoke, but that really doesn't matter. Two more PD showed up and surrounded me. I remained calm and cool, but firm on my rights. The only yelling was coming from the officers. I asked why no one was verifying the statutes I gave them in the beginning and the female officer said," You don't tell me what to do, I tell you what to do!!" That is when she decided to disarm me. Of course I told her I didn't consent to a search or seizure of my property, but that never stops them. Realizing this wasn't going well I asked for the supervisor. When he arrived I could her her arguing with him and he had to repeat himself several times. So, I'm guessing she was giving him a couple different scenarios trying to get me for something. It ended with the supervisor telling the officer to give me back my pistol and apologize.
Also, they threatened to charge me with trespassing because I was two feet off the concrete near the water line. Evidently, the No Trespassing under the US1 bridge extends 10 feet past the sign. The officer decided out of the goodness of her heart not to be petty. It was either that or the channel 2 news guy that pulled up in the middle of the stop.
