Posted: 3/19/2014 1:21:48 PM EDT
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Regarding duty to inform.
I know when you get pulled over you have a duty to inform, but what if... You're a passenger You're on your own property You talk to a cop out on the street |
Don't do that.
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Any time you need to identify yourself to a police officer, you should inform them if you are armed. As a passenger of a vehicle, you will want to hand only your CPL to the driver, so the driver can then inform the officer how many occupants (and specifically who) are armed. A police officer is just like any other person when on your private property. If they have entered the property uninvited and without a warrant, they can be instructed to leave or face being charged with trespassing. Depending on the reason for them entering your property (you called them/someone else called them/they just walked on for no declared reason/etc), you can either identify yourself as the property owner and that you are armed (and proceed on marginally more friendly terms), or identify yourself as the property owner and instruct them to leave (possibly with you summoning additional officers to charge the original ones if need be). If you happen to not be armed: unless you are showing them your identification, or during a traffic stop, there is rarely going to be call to tell them you have a CPL but are not armed at that time. |
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Any contact? I walk into a party store for a coke. A police officer is in there getting something too and hanging out. He initiates light convo with me. I'm suppose to disclose I'm carrying? The law says you must disclose you are carrying if you are "stopped" by a police officer. I'm not sure if the word "stopped" is legally defined, but I interpret that to mean you have been detained by an officer whether that's on foot, in a vehicle, or otherwise. I do not interpret that to mean you must disclose if you engage in light conversation in passing. However, if it's anything other than a passing comment, or light conversation, I would think it's in your best interest to disclose unless you're Mr. Moneybags and want to find out what the legal definition of "stopped" is. |
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The law says you must disclose you are carrying if you are "stopped" by a police officer. I'm not sure if the word "stopped" is legally defined, but I interpret that to mean you have been detained by an officer whether that's on foot, in a vehicle, or otherwise. I do not interpret that to mean you must disclose if you engage in light conversation in passing. However, if it's anything other than a passing comment, or light conversation, I would think it's in your best interest to disclose unless you're Mr. Moneybags and want to find out what the legal definition of "stopped" is. Quoted:
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Any contact? I walk into a party store for a coke. A police officer is in there getting something too and hanging out. He initiates light convo with me. I'm suppose to disclose I'm carrying? The law says you must disclose you are carrying if you are "stopped" by a police officer. I'm not sure if the word "stopped" is legally defined, but I interpret that to mean you have been detained by an officer whether that's on foot, in a vehicle, or otherwise. I do not interpret that to mean you must disclose if you engage in light conversation in passing. However, if it's anything other than a passing comment, or light conversation, I would think it's in your best interest to disclose unless you're Mr. Moneybags and want to find out what the legal definition of "stopped" is. +1 |
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The law says you must disclose you are carrying if you are "stopped" by a police officer. I'm not sure if the word "stopped" is legally defined, but I interpret that to mean you have been detained by an officer whether that's on foot, in a vehicle, or otherwise. I do not interpret that to mean you must disclose if you engage in light conversation in passing. However, if it's anything other than a passing comment, or light conversation, I would think it's in your best interest to disclose unless you're Mr. Moneybags and want to find out what the legal definition of "stopped" is. Quoted:
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Any contact? I walk into a party store for a coke. A police officer is in there getting something too and hanging out. He initiates light convo with me. I'm suppose to disclose I'm carrying? The law says you must disclose you are carrying if you are "stopped" by a police officer. I'm not sure if the word "stopped" is legally defined, but I interpret that to mean you have been detained by an officer whether that's on foot, in a vehicle, or otherwise. I do not interpret that to mean you must disclose if you engage in light conversation in passing. However, if it's anything other than a passing comment, or light conversation, I would think it's in your best interest to disclose unless you're Mr. Moneybags and want to find out what the legal definition of "stopped" is. Agreed! |