Hold your hands (pasengers as well) out the window in plain sight as the officer approaches. It will be greatly appreciated, and sometimes a ticket or citation simply becomes a frindly warning:)
IN Georgia, if you are a CCW carrier, you are NOT legally required to state such. You can present your drivers license along with the CCW permit, and if the officers asks” Do you have any weapons” You need only answer “not any that you need be concerned about.’
I got that advice straight from a policeman.
“Hold your hands (pasengers as well) out the window in plain sight as the officer approaches.”
Excellent advice. Another piece of advice is, the first word out of you mouth should be;
“I have a CCW and am armed.”
I have used that or a variant of it for many years and never had a problem.
Of course here in Arizona, you only need to say, “I am armed”.
The answer is usually. “So is everyone.”
Which begs the question;
Why are there not daily police shootings in Constitutional Carry states?
At night turn on every light inside the car.
VERY situational from locale to locale. If nothing else, keep you hands where they can be seen. In the video, Gresham has his DL and CCP in his top shirt pocket. Yeah, that’s usually where I carry mine. NOT! LOL! Reaching for your wallet in your back pocket or front pocket could get you shot if you don’t state you’re carrying and the officer gets a flash of your carry gun. Always be careful and safe. Especially in the current state of heightened tensions.
I will not hold my hands out the window. I am their boss, you know the tax payer. If they want to arrest criminal, the cops know who and where they are. Most Traffic stops are revenue enhancers period. Cops need to refocus on the protect and serve. Not seize and tax.
Happened to me @ 3 weeks ago. Both hands out the window with registration and license in hand. I informed the Female officer that I was carrying. She thanked me and let me go without even a written warning.
Respect for the law goes a long way.
That doesn't sound like good advice. If anything, that behavior would only serve to heighten the tension of the traffic stop not to mention that it would look awkward. Maybe the officer will think you were throwing something out the window like drugs or empty bottles.
Rolling down the window and keeping your hands on the steering wheel seems best. The passenger simply needs to sit still and keep his/her mouth shut. Also, turning the dome light on at night is also good advice. Even though most police cars these days will have a spotlight trained on your car (and you can bet they are recording with a dash cam).
The other poster here saying that you should should answer "no weapons you need to worry about" is unspeakably bad advice. That is almost certain to get you pulled out of the car and unnecessarily lengthen what should be a routine traffic stop. Once you are pulled out of the car, the odds greatly increase that you are probably not getting home for a while.