He must have some power-tripping oppressors in his force. Respect my authoritay types.
I would advise one addition to this memo, that if the person who made a complaint is still available, the officer should advise them that the person carrying the gun is not inherently violating the law, and should not be reported to the police unless they are doing something else that is unlawful or suspicious.
The reason for this is that there are a goodly number of fools out there who do not understand what the purpose of an LEO is. Many believe that “if they call a cop on someone, that person will be arrested”, so will keep calling if the officer does not arrest the person they want arrested.
Even worse, it the officer does not arrest the legal gun carrier, the fool might decide that the gun carrier is about to commit a crime so must be stopped.
(Much of this I blame on Hollywood, as they often only use props that are part of the plot, otherwise leaving them out so that they are not distracting to the scene. Thus if you see guns, guns will be used. If you see a fire extinguisher, etc.)
We needed this law a few months ago.
Any possible relation?
FINALLY, a top cop with an actual functioning brain who understands the law and grasps the madness of the times and that HONEST citizens have and need the ability to defend themselves.
The biggest problem I see with OPEN CARRY is that if a perp bent on murder spots the open carry citizen FIRST, that citizen will not doubt be his first victim. Of course, the perp just may find himself in a place with MULTIPLE OPEN CARRY folks, most of whom he DIDN’T spot in which case the NEXT few rounds would be headed HIS way.
What needs to be done when deciding to open carry, until such time the LOE’s really know what they are doing, is to have another person video the experience from a distance as evidence the LEO did or did not have the requisite reasons for stopping, ID’ing, etc.