My BBurg Police interaction 10/16/09

[JcJ]

I got pulled over last evening, 50 in a 30 I have no excuse, I assumed it was a 45 zone and boy was I wrong. I pulled over immediately because I knew his lights came on for me . Had my window down with LTCH and license in hand so the officer could see them as he approached. He asked me if my address was current, I said yes Sir. He said he would be right back. He returned to my truck about 2 minutes later and thanked me and reminded me to slow down... And that was it.. I said Thank you and have a good evening Sir..

I was a little nervous because he was behind me when I pulled into the school parking lot just down the street to pick up my wife from work..because I had basically just admitted to the LEO that I was carrying. You just never know how it could go down in that situation.. But he drove on past..

Now, keep in mind I wouldn't have the same SOP for a stop on 38th St. I've been pulled over in the ghettos of Phoenix and out in the middle of an Indian reservation, very situation has an appropriately different plan for not getting into a bigger issue. In most cases I have had great LEO interactions while carrying for the last 20 years. The not so good interactions have been learning experiences, I can only think of 2 or 3 that didn't go down similarly to this.

Sometimes, you just get lucky, in this case I believe that producing the LTCH probably got me out of a ticket even though the officer never would have known I was carrying. Bburg isn't known for leniency on traffic violations..

And as usual,, YMMV, now flame away..