LEO Encounter PSP

[RBELARDI]

Over the 4th of July holiday, I believe it was Sunday, I was pumping fuel into my truck off of the Greentown exit of I-84 in NEPA O.C. my S&W M&Pc like I always do, when a PSP car pulls in behind me to get gas. Im facing the bed of my truck and he is behind me so my strong side is toward him. He starts pumping and out of the corner of my eye I see him walking toward me.

PSP Officer: Hey how are u ?
Me: Fine thank you, and you ?

PSP: Im well, can i ask what kind of weapon you are carrying
Me: Its a Smith & Wesson M&P compact model chambered in .357 Sig.

PSP: Nice caliber, fast round..
Me: thanks I like it.

PSP: Do u have a valid License to Carry a Firearm
Me: sure do

PSP: DO u mind if i see it, I mean technically right at this very second you are OC and not required to show it but I kinda know u came from and are about to get back into a vehicle.

Me: Sure

(I hand it to him and I hanve my DL in the same pocket so when one came out so did the other)

PSP: I dont need the ID
Me: OK

He glanced at it for im betting 3 seconds, never called it in, never drew his firearm at me or threw me on the ground

PSP: Here u go Have a nice holiday and stay safe. (it was the 4th weekend)

Me: dont worry I have my own safety covered the best way I know how to.

PSP: yes you do, with the world we live in I wish more people would think like you do.

Me: Ok I gotta go, you stay safe out there too.

Whole think lasted maybe 2 minutes.

We shook hands and I got back in my truck and left. I never caught his name, I prob should have but I was in kind of a hurry. My phone was in my truck so there is no audio or video.

Sorry I know u all like video.

Overall I think he was pretty cool and was a good encounter.

[priell3]

Good story. Thanks for sharing.

[RBELARDI]

Thanks, I thought it was a good encounter . . . Very friendly and professional . . .

[BestDefense=StrongOffense]

Thanks, I thought it was a good encounter . . . Very friendly and professional . . .

You would think so, wouldn't you...




...little did you know, in those 2mins he got you and your plate on dashcam, memorized your name from the LTCF, and is at this very moment waiting in ambush to shoot your dog. Thanks for ruining it for everyone else!



Tisk, tisk...never talk to the police.


Of course, I jest.

Sounds like a good encounter. As it should be.

[streaker69]

You should have asked him if you were being detained.

[Gunowner99]

Yeah, I go with lets make things easy here and not make a situation. Well handled.

[RBELARDI]

No I had no time to . . . . The whole encounter took 2 minutes

You should have asked him if you were being detained.

[ungawa]

You should have asked him if you were being detained.

If he asked the condition would have changed from no to yes as soon as he got pulled over.

Cops really shouldn't hassle people like this, and none have ever hassled me, but this cop has been trained he is within his rights to pull somebody over if they get into a car with a gun with no additional RAS (rightly or wrongly) and apparently wants to make an issue of it. In his mind he did the guy a favor by not putting him through a traffic stop.

[streaker69]

If he asked the condition would have changed from no to yes as soon as he got pulled over.

Cops really shouldn't hassle people like this, and none have ever hassled me, but this cop has been trained he is within his rights to pull somebody over if they get into a car with a gun with no additional RAS (rightly or wrongly) and apparently wants to make an issue of it. In his mind he did the guy a favor by not putting him through a traffic stop.

You should know by now that was a joke. Kind of like saying "don't talk to the police.

[HiredGoon]

... never called it in, never drew his firearm at me or threw me on the ground

He should be reported for not doing his job.