okshooter26
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I thought I would let people know about my experience Thursday August 2nd while passing through spencer in the early morning taking my date back home after a movie. I had just left Tinseltown movie theatre and I exited on to NE23rd street and was heading east bound back to my dates home. We were having a good time talking and decided to drive around to talk for a while before I took her home. My date told me that she would like to have a cigarette. I told her I don't allow people to smoke in my vehicle. So I drove for a minute looking for a well lit area off of a main road and found a well lit parking lot immediately on the north side of NE23rd street in spencer. We pulled under the lit area got out and lit a ciggarette. During Her Cigarette a Spencer police officer drove by very slowly and then pulled into the parking lot. He drove towards us with just his regualr headlights on and considering it was around 3AM and considering the area I knew the Officer may be a little uneasy with us being there so to keep the situation calm I smiled and waived while slowly walking to his car as he pulled toward me. The officer rolled down his driver window and asked what we were doing . I explained what were doing and I also informed the officer that I was carrying a concealled weapon and that I did have my SDA permit and driver license if he would like to see either/or . He calmly said "no, thats fine" . We spoke a little while, with the officer sitting in his vehicle and my date and my date and I leaning against my car. A few minutes went by and another police officer pulled up behind the first police officer I was still chatting with. He got out of his vehicle and said in a very stern voice. What is going on here? I calmly told him the same thing I told the first police officer and that I have a SDA permit and a drivers license and that I also told the first officer that I was carry a concealled weapon and I did have my SDA permit and drivers license and asked if he needed to see either of them for himself. I very quickly put his hand on his weapon and said ",Yes! I do want to see them!". I told him they are in my wallet in my back pocket and asked if I may reach to retrieve my wallet . He said yes as the first officer on the scene stayed in his car just watching. I handed them to the officer and he skimmed over them and then asked where my weapon was. I told him the weapon was in a holster in my waist band on my right front hip. He told me to put my hand up and at this point he grabbed my shirt and lifted it up. and took my weapon from my pants. He then said you dont need a weapon and that there wasn't going to be any talking if there is a weapon. He asked if he could open the door to my car and I said go right ahead. As upset as I was I kept calm and even managed to maintain a calm smile. we talked for a little while and then let my date and I leave with my weapon back in my car. I personally found this to be extremely intrusive and unprofessional. But forcing me to disarm and the comment he made to be rather insulting. I was nothing but polite, curteous and pleasant to this officer and he still treated me like a criminal. I thought maybe he felt it was for his safety but I did nothing threatening and if they did feel threatend why didnt the first offcier on the scene ask from his car if the other officer needed help or even get out of his car. I realize that I probably dont have any legal grounds for a lawsuit and that is fine. this isnt about that . I just wanted to let the public know about a public servant with the spencer police believing that apparently we peasants have the right to carry a weapon for self defense so he decided to disarm me. I thought someone might be interested in this story and the actions of one member of the Spencer police involving lawful concealled carry.
