Big +1 to Rush Co. Sheriffs Dept

[oneshotonekill]

I was driving to work this morning and got stopped. I pulled over to the side of the road and rolled down the window...

"Good morning sir I got you goin a little fast back there, license and registration please"

"Ok no problem, by the way my pistol is in the console next to me where my wallet is."

"Ok just be careful and leave it in there. Let me see your permit also."

I hand him all of the paperwork and he says.."Lifetime huh..ok"

Goes to the car does his thing, comes back..."I went ahead and dropped the speed down a little bit so you could have a warning, have a nice day."

"Thank you sir I appreciate that."

I just thought that was awful cool of him to do so...plus I went to school with his wife whether he realized it or not. One of the rare times when all goes well.

 

[jmiller676]

I was driving to work this morning and got stopped. I pulled over to the side of the road and rolled down the window...

"Good morning sir I got you goin a little fast back there, license and registration please"

"Ok no problem, by the way my pistol is in the console next to me where my wallet is."

"Ok just be careful and leave it in there. Let me see your permit also."

I hand him all of the paperwork and he says.."Lifetime huh..ok"

Goes to the car does his thing, comes back..."I went ahead and dropped the speed down a little bit so you could have a warning, have a nice day."

"Thank you sir I appreciate that."

I just thought that was awful cool of him to do so...plus I went to school with his wife whether he realized it or not. One of the rare times when all goes well.

And always a good thing to not make any comments about how good his wife was in HS...throwing it out there.

 

[Hoosierdood]

You were polite, and he was courteous. Sounds like a good encounter to me.

 

[youngda9]

Nice stop. I enjoy reading the ones about the JBT cops much better. Glad to know there are good interactions going on and people Aren't being disarmed and detained.

 

[KG1]

Sounds like a true professional LEO there. Nice work Deputy

 

[cordex]

I always respect police who handle lawfully armed citizens like that.

 

[Tripp11]

You mind sharing the deputy's name? I'm originally from Rush County and curious who it was.

 

[Glock32j]

RCSD is normally pretty cool about that stuff

 

[Jack Burton]

The only thing I can add is that perhaps it is better to mention the permit before mentioning the firearm.

 

[Sylvain]

The only thing I can add is that perhaps it is better to mention the permit before mentioning the firearm.

Depending how you tell the LEO that you have a gun , and how you act while doing so, I dont think he/she will freak out even if you dont tell that you have a licence prior to that.

 

[Bill of Rights]

Good encounter. While some advise not informing, given that your pistol and wallet are right next to each other in the console, this was a wise move.

You might consider in the future having the license and reg. already out, so you don't have to inform, but that's a personal choice and nothing wrong with continuing to do things as you did.

Thanks for posting!

Blessings,
Bill

 

[RTroy29035]

The way it should be with all LEO's and civilians. Both showing proper respect to each other.

 

[Sylvain]

You should have asked for his name and call the sheriff office to tell them he did a good job.
That way you could also tell us his name here in INGO.

I guess most of the people do that (ask the officer's name and badge number) when they are not happy with the way he does his job.
I think we should also do it when he does a great job to let his boss know and other gun owners in the case of a gun related thing like this one.

Just a thought.

 

[lrahm]

FYI, Most police car computers will tell the officer if the registered owner has a permit issued to him.

 

[mrjarrell]

FYI, Most police car computers will tell the officer if the registered owner has a permit issued to him.

Nope. As we've been informed many times by cops on this forum that's not true. Unless they're all lying, and I'd hate to think that was the case.

 

[cordex]

FYI, Most police car computers will tell the officer if the registered owner has a permit issued to him.

It isn't reported via IDACS - what return contains that information?

 

[lrahm]

Ours does. It is acknowledged through dispatch that the registered owner has a permit. I guess that it is the softwear program that crossmatches the plate and owner. Have no reason to lie.

 

[SideArmed]

You might consider in the future having the license and reg. already out,....

When I began driving many years ago, we had a close family friend who was an FL Highway Patrol officer, he always told me number one thing to make a traffic stop go as smoothly as possible is have your Licence, Registration, & Insurance out before the officer gets to your window. Not sure if that holds true in Indiana as well, but he said all the officers around where I grew up really apreciated and "gave a little" to those that were prepared.

Oh and he also said to always call the officer Sir as many times as possible, but I think that was just him wanting an ego boost. I use officer now days, since I am not a frightened high school kid anymore.

 

[E5RANGER375]

thats the way it should go with normal folks. +1 to the deputy!

 

[E5RANGER375]

Good encounter. While some advise not informing, given that your pistol and wallet are right next to each other in the console, this was a wise move.

You might consider in the future having the license and reg. already out, so you don't have to inform, but that's a personal choice and nothing wrong with continuing to do things as you did.

Thanks for posting!

Blessings,
Bill

i agree twice