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Originally Posted by dhwingert
In my state it is an infraction to not inform an officer immediately if you are carrying. They can tell when they run your license plate that the vehicle is registered to someone with a cpl regardless so I tell them I have a cpl even if I'm not carrying because it will be the first question otherwise.
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We all had better check our state laws on this one. Tennessee specifically instructs us to surrender the weapon permit with the license, registration, proof of insurance; and inform the officer if you actually have the weapon on you or not.
Coming from 11 years LEO time, I learned not count on my dispatcher to tell me much since computers go down, there is other radio traffic, etc.
So why wait to bring up where the weapon is? At least being up front settles it.
As for the license check, I guess take off the helmet as long as your are not going to be holding up traffic when they cut you loose. Some THP and local run their checks on two lane straight aways with no pull offs.
