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    Default Local police with gun registration???

    In a casual conversation with a friend, he brought up that he had been pulled over (for what I would assume was a traffic violation) and when the officer approached his vehicle he was asked if he had any weapons.

    When he stated that he did not, the officer asked him again stating that he knew he was a gun owner.

    Has anyone else experienced anything like this? I know this is secondhand information, but I had stated the conversation about gun control laws, etc... and he then told me this story.

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    Default Re: Local police with gun registration???

    This is a perfect example where having an audio recording device would be worth its weight in gold. I have long suspected they access gun owner records, but of course they deny it, since (I believe) this is illegal. IANAL.

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    Default Re: Local police with gun registration???

    Does he have any firearm related stickers on his car?
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    Default Re: Local police with gun registration???

    Should we assume this was in PA ? The reasons will vary state-by-state.

    Perhaps it came back that he had an LTCF. I've heard others on here say that this information will sometimes come back over the radio at a traffic stop.

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    Default Re: Local police with gun registration???

    Quote Originally Posted by jtwalker View Post
    Should we assume this was in PA ? The reasons will vary state-by-state.

    Perhaps it came back that he had an LTCF. I've heard others on here say that this information will sometimes come back over the radio at a traffic stop.
    Of the thousands of traffic stops I've listened to over the years in Lancaster, I've never heard of that information automatically coming back. I've only ever heard information come back when police officer requests it because they've encountered someone carrying a firearm.

    I've only heard one instance where dispatch has gotten that information on their own and given it to responding police and that was when they were on their way to a MWAG call where the guy had threatened people with it.

    That isn't to say it doesn't happen in other counties, but I would think that most counties follow similar procedures. That being said, if their MDT's have access to that information, it's possible the officer looked it up on his own, and that may have violated policy to do so.
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    Default Re: Local police with gun registration???

    As you stated the cop walked up to your friends car and asked about weapons. How did the cop know WHO WAS DRIVING? My wife drives my pickup and I driver her car, how did he know it was your friend behind the wheel?

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    Default Re: Local police with gun registration???

    Quote Originally Posted by streaker69 View Post
    Of the thousands of traffic stops I've listened to over the years in Lancaster, I've never heard of that information automatically coming back. I've only ever heard information come back when police officer requests it because they've encountered someone carrying a firearm.

    I've only heard one instance where dispatch has gotten that information on their own and given it to responding police and that was when they were on their way to a MWAG call where the guy had threatened people with it.

    That isn't to say it doesn't happen in other counties, but I would think that most counties follow similar procedures. That being said, if their MDT's have access to that information, it's possible the officer looked it up on his own, and that may have violated policy to do so.

    They do have access on their MDT. I've witnessed it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Unknown 1087 View Post
    They do have access on their MDT. I've witnessed it.
    I know a few years ago that they did, but I haven't been involved with it for a while. I knew there were all kinds of issues with the amount of data they were trying to get to the terminals all those years ago, don't know if those issues were resolved or not.
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    Default Re: Local police with gun registration???

    And in PA, what is the correct reply to such a question?

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    Quote Originally Posted by VRH View Post
    And in PA, what is the correct reply to such a question?
    "I have nothing illegal."

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