Yes I am.
I usually carry a badge on me at all times, so I can't answer that particular question in the light of the circumstances presented in the Aurora case. I can say if I am in the middle of dealing with a person who is actively resisting and I am yelling at him I am the police (as indicated in this situation by witnesses), I'm not going to stop going hands on to crack open my credentials in my back pocket.
In the cop world, you need supervisor approval to do most everything, other than basic law enforcement. He would be off the street to handle this incident, so other officers would have to take his calls, he might be out of district, etc. So, having supervisor approval isn't out of the norm for something like this and it isn't something that would be "normally" a big deal.
As for clothing, I don't know what he was wearing. I am assuming, based upon what could be immediately available for him to wear, that officers do tend to keep in vehicles. My old agency had packages of sweat pants, sweat shirts, socks and slipper type shoes in bags in the trunks of patrol vehicles to give to victims in the event clothing was needed (water emersion, fire escape, assault, etc). I don't know if Aurora does similar, but a sweatshirt, sweater or an unmarked jacket isn't out of the ordinary.
As for his gun, yep, his duty holster would be on his belt, but that doesn't stop someone from tucking in a gun into his pants.
Law Enforcement agencies tend to put the 'CCW' language on the identification cards, so his police ID card would be his 'CCW'.






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