I have had two friends who had pistols after being searched, one I was with and he threw it into a ditch (after being searched) before they put us in the car, and the other told me he was sitting handcuffed on the bench at the station in the awkward position of still having a pistol on him and not knowing how to handle the situation.
Never heard of it. Not in this country. Not to say it doesn’t happen and we don’t have incompetents too (because we do) but in a country with north of 350 million privately owned firearms, it is a matter of personal survival for police.
Last weekend my wife and I went to a festival in town. I would normally carry on my hip at 4 o'Clock with a pair of shorts and a long sleeved shirt worn outside the pants, but it was simply too hot for that and I wanted to wear a t-shirt which likely would have printed.
I have a pair of heavy duty rip-stop shorts with deep pockets, so I slid my PPK into my right pocket nestled behind my wallet...first time I ever carried a pocket pistol in my pocket. I asked my wife to pat me down and she couldn't find it. on a casual pat down you could feel the wallet in my pocket but it felt like it was just a wallet and the weapon's presence was not at all obvious.