tai4de2
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I recently went on a police ride-along in Kirkland. All in all I spent about 3.5 hours with an officer riding around the city responding to various calls. The officer is a local, and was courteous and professional throughout.
However, there is one thing I am a little disturbed about, and I am trying to decide what to do about it.
The officer was quite supportive of CC. So I then asked him what would happen in Kirkland if he were to see me walking around the city with my family, OCing. He said that since such a thing is not generally "socially acceptable" that would give him the "51% suspicion" required for a Terry Stop. More disturbingly, he mentioned that I might be facing him and other officers with their rifles drawn. He also seemed to be confused about preemption.
That sounds harsh but the reality is that this part of the conversation was as friendly as the rest of the several hours of pleasant conversation. I know these guys can't be up on every nuance of every RCW and Kirkland code, and honestly I think I was able to get through to him a little with some gentle corrections in his understanding of the law.
So I think this somehow is part of a departmental training issue... but I'm not exactly sure what to do about it. I am not looking to cause trouble for the officer but think there is an issue here that could use some kind of follow up for mutual benefit all around.
Advice?
I recently went on a police ride-along in Kirkland. All in all I spent about 3.5 hours with an officer riding around the city responding to various calls. The officer is a local, and was courteous and professional throughout.
However, there is one thing I am a little disturbed about, and I am trying to decide what to do about it.
The officer was quite supportive of CC. So I then asked him what would happen in Kirkland if he were to see me walking around the city with my family, OCing. He said that since such a thing is not generally "socially acceptable" that would give him the "51% suspicion" required for a Terry Stop. More disturbingly, he mentioned that I might be facing him and other officers with their rifles drawn. He also seemed to be confused about preemption.
That sounds harsh but the reality is that this part of the conversation was as friendly as the rest of the several hours of pleasant conversation. I know these guys can't be up on every nuance of every RCW and Kirkland code, and honestly I think I was able to get through to him a little with some gentle corrections in his understanding of the law.
So I think this somehow is part of a departmental training issue... but I'm not exactly sure what to do about it. I am not looking to cause trouble for the officer but think there is an issue here that could use some kind of follow up for mutual benefit all around.
Advice?