I’m glad Clarence stepped back in here…… I was starting to think he set us all up! lol! 
So……… if Gianni can’t stay off this thread, neither can I! 
I like coming in on the backside of these sensitive topics because I don’t feel a need to address any particular, single issue.
What we have here, is two sides……… and both are right. So what do we do? Harbor everything inward and agree to disagree? Maybe…….. I don’t know. I can’t possibly know any better than any of the rest of us could possibly know.
The sane person today could very well be tomorrow’s whacko! Today’s whacko might actually develop the conscience to become a productive and useful member of society. Can we label anyone as completely sane? Given the right circumstances, we’re all NUTS! We can be pushed into realms of instability, fear, and poor discernment. But from the spacious view of our self promoting comfort zones…….. “I’m alright and will never pose a threat to anyone.”
Find your wife with another man and say that to me again. If you love her, I won’t believe for a minute that you’re not just one itchy finger away from blowing someone’s head off. Truth is, we have to talk ourselves OUT of a lot of irrational impulses and I’m sure there’s at least couple of people in this world that are very pleased with my decision to decide the law was my best option, right or wrong.
Oh……… don’t freak…….. all us humans are built with the same circuitry. If you think you’re not capable of feeling this way, you’re lucky your life has been this soft.
Now……… what to do with the original question?
Police officers aren’t usually pulling over law abiding citizens……. are they? Wasn’t the law abiding citizen driving with one headlight? Speeding? Something out of compliance? These things are laws because they DO threaten other people and their safety. At this point, you’re already out of line and if a pat down is requested, so be it. Get off the high horse and realize, you’ve stepped into “their world”.
Random checks can also come for reasons unannounced. If this reason is undisclosed, the law has been broken. If this reason IS disclosed, you’re just whining.
I’ve been on the other side of shotguns and pistols because I fit the APB of a cop killer. I’ve never been so shaken in all my life! I couldn’t even watch TV violence for 3-6 months without almost freaking out! If you’ve ever had a gun held to you, you know what I’m talking about. If you haven’t, how can you possibly know?
I don’t EVER want to feel way again. I had people telling me I should sue the police for my trauma. It was mistaken identity and I was endangered by irrational actions. Even after being identified by surrounding citizens, I was still “raided” and put through the experience.
I simply asked myself why I’d want to make life more difficult? Even I did nothing wrong and I was completely innocent. Acting unsuspiciously and only having a late night dinner in a local Perkins restaurant. Am I supposed to come unglued over the actions of the officers? After all, wouldn’t a few people match the description of the killer? There was a killer on the loose but in MY world, they had no right to come for me….. only observe me. In their world, they had to find out if I was the offender of the law and by physical description only, turned my psyche upside down for a few months! The intent was to catch a criminal, not shake up my life or play with my head. Everyone went home, shaken but unharmed, and life has long since been back to normal.
If permitting yourself to live untraumatized appeals to you, comply at every opportunity and take it upon yourself to try not to sweat the small stuff. Do we really need to know everything? Let them do the best they know how and treat them as you would like to be treated. If you want to take issue, it’s your choice, but I’d rather be randomly and compliantly patted down any day of the week than have to be selectively patted down under suspicion.
Law enforcement professionals……… are environmentally subject to deal with annoyed and uptight people. Most of them think the world is full of psychos because………. it is! Even Gianni is a psychological creation and subject to go nuts without prior notice, whether it be a psychosis, a medical condition, or some level of duress.
As for game wardens……… they’re in the same situation and I choose to cut ’em some slack. Random house checks and all that other rights stuff…….. yeah, let’s be sensible……. but “in the field”, you’re in their world, even though you think you’re just in yours.
Right or wrong, compliance is your best option, even though there will still be horror stories. We’ll never escape every possible scenario.
Krisko, be safe out there buddy! The survey comparison includes all positions of the job description and lumps in field officers with pencil pushers.
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Your definition of the two really aren’t clear to me?
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