Black Friday...

[Ronin13]

90% of the time I'm sure they'd just ask, take your word for it, and leave. Unless someone complained.

Yeah, I wasn't saying they're different from regular LEOs- I was saying you are free to treat it like any other contact with LE... You can deny consent to search your vehicle without PC or a warrant, I usually don't, just because I have nothing to hide and it helps them feel safe around me, especially in instances like this where we're all shooting and he did state that a minor was killed earlier this year in the area.

[NMB2]

no they cannot search your vehicle without consenting to a search. I tried avoiding him because if he wanted to look in my truck I would of told him no. He had an attitude from the moment he showed up, and I'm sure he wouldn't of liked that.

[Ronin13]

no they cannot search your vehicle without consenting to a search. I tried avoiding him because if he wanted to look in my truck I would of told him no. He had an attitude from the moment he showed up, and I'm sure he wouldn't of liked that.

Yeah he did have a bit of an attitude, and like Inspector Fowler said in another thread: "start every contact at 1, not 7 or 8". I about went to full alert though when he got flustered and grabbed Gabe's beanie off his head...

[Ashton]

That's kinda interesting. So he wanted to check your vehicle for a loaded firearm? Are DOW officers allowed to check a vehicle in the forest since you are just target shooting up there. Does that count as probable cause? Could you have technically said no? Was he looking for rifles and shotguns loaded or anything at all like a pistol? I know you can't have a loaded shotgun or rifle in your vehicle, but that would have been a real bummer if you were clearly target shooting and had set a gun in your truck with a loaded mag and gotten a ticket. I would have let them look I'm not a person to cause problems just wondering

It's my understanding that when it comes to rifles you can have a mag in the gun and the gun in the car. As long as a round isn't chambered you should be good to go.

[JM Ver. 2.0]

That's what I seem to remember too.