We did nothing wrong, and will continue to do nothing wrong in the future.
Did the police chief and city DA clearly state they were changing their policy regarding dealing with open carry citizens? If not nothing is fixed and it will happen again with someone else.
The 15k should be paid by the LEOS Union.
Not the taxpayers.
Sue the Union for lowering standards.
The most important part...
This is a guess and obviously could be wrong but I strongly suspect a lot of Cops love walking around with a gun on their hip and just hate the idea of a “civilian” doing the same.
Citing my own personal experience, LPD has a history and are well known for huge over reactions for little cause. He was lucky he did not have the snot beat out of him for his trouble. I love my home town, I admire cops in general, even wanted to be one at one point. But the Loveland police can go to hell as far as I am concerned, all of them.
I would ask the judge to vacate the settlement and haul that sheriff's butt right back into court for that remark. Those deputies did act improperly and he should have to admit it. Otherwise they can do it again. In which case what was the point of the suit?