Last Monday morning I was pulled over by a county cop on my way to work at 4am. He approached my truck with a flashlight in one hand and his pistol in the other. He ordered me to keep my hands where he could see them. I kept them glued on the steering wheel. I didn't notice the gun at first, but when I turned to look he was drawing down RIGHT ON MY HEAD! (Luckily, I had already taken out my license and CCW permit as soon as I pulled over). When I saw this, I said "Whoa there buddy, what's the problem?" He said the store down the road had just been broken in to and the silent alarm went off. He said the back door was wide open. I had just pulled out from the road right next to it when he saw me. He seemed convinced that I just left the store's parking lot.
At this point, he was looking at my driver's license and CCW permit. He asked if I had a weapon on me. I said it was in the truck, I always carry it, and asked him if he wanted to get it. I'm not sure if me having a gun made him more nervous, or (as I would think) if a CCW is proof of a good citizen. He declined to check my weapon. After he quickly interrogated me about where I came from/was going, he spotted a metal lockbox (similar to a store's cash box) in the back of my truck. A guy at work recently gave it to me but I didn't have the key with me. I told him to shake it if he wanted - the whole time keeping my death grip on the steering wheel. After a few tense minutes, he was finally convinced I wasn't his public enemy #1, and he went to join the other cops at the store. I'd never had a loaded gun pointed at my head before, and I thought I might have to go back home to change my underwear!
What do you guys think? Was he a little too quick to draw, or were his actions understandable?
I was taught never to aim at anything I didn't intend to kill.
So from a common man standpoint, the guy was wrong. But apparently, they teach the law enforcement types differently.
On a side note, one of my brothers was pulled over by a cop and the cop pulled his gun on him when my brother stepped out of his car. My brother was in an unfamiliar part of town and was driving in the wrong direction on a one way street (dumb move, sez I).
Naturally, my brother shook like a leaf and did nothing wrong (in his mind), but was charged with driving under the influence.
His attorney got my brother out of it based on the fact the cop pulled a gun on him. He may have had a few and he may have been tipsy, but the cop screwed up in his duties according to the court according to that part of the country.
Welcome to the club Pocat !
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Of course you realize now there will be dues , meetings, conferences, silly hats , secret hand shakes, coin checks, whole lot of cold beer and BBQ...... etc etc .....
Stay Safe !.............Brawwwwahahah !!!
Quite honestly you should have been given the "felony stop treatment where the officer with gun drawn orders you out of the vehicle and has you lay down for frisking. This is on the basis of you were in the wrong place at the wrong time. The walking up with gun pointed at your head is just not good procedure too many chances of accidents.
Stay well - stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown