I don't like to complain too much about things, but this just got me fired up. I was at the Crystal Flash on Oaklandon and Pendleton Pike last Monday. Been going there for three years just about everyday, I know all the employees on name basis and they know me and what I do for a living and they don't mind having me OC in the store.
Well, I'm on my way to New Castle to test out my new compensator on my .45 and have it on my hip.
I stop to get some gas and a drink and leave, was there maybe two minutes. I stopped at the family video just up the road to drop off Eastbound and Down(f'n hilarious btw)
So I pull in to the parking lot and start to send a text to my buddy so I was looking down when I heard the distinct sound of metal on glass. At the same time I hear "PUT YOUR HANDS OUT THE WINDOW! NOW!" I look in my mirror and see a man in street clothes has a glock pointed at the back of my head. I start to reach for my pistol and then I see a uniformed LPD officer off my drivers side. I immediately reassess the situation and complied. He walked up and asked if I had any weapons, to which I told him "yes, I have a legally owned pistol on my hip and a shotgun in the back seat". My hands were sticking out the window and the officer thells me to get out. So I go to open the door from the outside and he grabs both my hands by the wrists and opens the door.
Next thing I know he slams me against the roof of my truck and just about breaks my CQC holster ripping it off my side. The plainclothes guy comes around and tells me someone called about a guy with a gun and begins to hassle me for ID. I began to ask why they didnt pull me over on the street (there was a crowd gathering at the small town video store where they know me) and ask for my LTCH. The guy told me to calm down. Well then the uni begins to ask why I'm carrying such a "large gun" and that I can't just carry out in the open. I about shat myself at the audacity of this guy. I told him that the LTCH is just that and that I can carry in whatever manner I see fit. He yelled at me to drop the attitude? and then he calls for backup when I tell him it's BS lol. Three off duty SWAT officers show up. One sees my .45 on the hood and goes"JESUS CHRIST". Bout that time I realized I had been smart and held my phone when they ripped me out and called my dad and told him where I was and what was happening (smart move I think)
One of the SGTs that came out knew me and was like "wtf are you doing?" and I told him what happened and what this POS cop told me. He looked at the guy and called him a moron and then THEN the uni handed me my weapon and holster back WITH THE BULLETS!!! Normally I ould put them in the back of the car but man this guy.
Should I file a complaint or just let it drop?
P.S a week later I found out that some little short guy asked the guy at the gas station if I was a cop, and he told the little guy that I did security and all kinds of stuff and he was like "this is BS, he shouldnt be allowed to do that even if he has a badge" W T F
Well, I'm on my way to New Castle to test out my new compensator on my .45 and have it on my hip.
I stop to get some gas and a drink and leave, was there maybe two minutes. I stopped at the family video just up the road to drop off Eastbound and Down(f'n hilarious btw)
So I pull in to the parking lot and start to send a text to my buddy so I was looking down when I heard the distinct sound of metal on glass. At the same time I hear "PUT YOUR HANDS OUT THE WINDOW! NOW!" I look in my mirror and see a man in street clothes has a glock pointed at the back of my head. I start to reach for my pistol and then I see a uniformed LPD officer off my drivers side. I immediately reassess the situation and complied. He walked up and asked if I had any weapons, to which I told him "yes, I have a legally owned pistol on my hip and a shotgun in the back seat". My hands were sticking out the window and the officer thells me to get out. So I go to open the door from the outside and he grabs both my hands by the wrists and opens the door.
Next thing I know he slams me against the roof of my truck and just about breaks my CQC holster ripping it off my side. The plainclothes guy comes around and tells me someone called about a guy with a gun and begins to hassle me for ID. I began to ask why they didnt pull me over on the street (there was a crowd gathering at the small town video store where they know me) and ask for my LTCH. The guy told me to calm down. Well then the uni begins to ask why I'm carrying such a "large gun" and that I can't just carry out in the open. I about shat myself at the audacity of this guy. I told him that the LTCH is just that and that I can carry in whatever manner I see fit. He yelled at me to drop the attitude? and then he calls for backup when I tell him it's BS lol. Three off duty SWAT officers show up. One sees my .45 on the hood and goes"JESUS CHRIST". Bout that time I realized I had been smart and held my phone when they ripped me out and called my dad and told him where I was and what was happening (smart move I think)
One of the SGTs that came out knew me and was like "wtf are you doing?" and I told him what happened and what this POS cop told me. He looked at the guy and called him a moron and then THEN the uni handed me my weapon and holster back WITH THE BULLETS!!! Normally I ould put them in the back of the car but man this guy.
Should I file a complaint or just let it drop?
P.S a week later I found out that some little short guy asked the guy at the gas station if I was a cop, and he told the little guy that I did security and all kinds of stuff and he was like "this is BS, he shouldnt be allowed to do that even if he has a badge" W T F
