[RomanDad]

Originally Posted by MadMex

I may have missed it… is there an official definition for “contact”?

Actually.... Yes. I would suspect my LEO friends may concur on this...

I would say its anytime you are ABOUT to be involved in a "Terry Stop" or involved in circumstances would ALLOW the officer to proceed under Terry v. Ohio.

if you are being stopped because you are: Suspected of committing a crime; Reporting a crime to an officer; or are being randomly selected for questioning that may go beyond a simple "Nice weather today huh?" you should stop the conversation and inform him of the CCW.

If the cop is telling you where to park your car or telling you how much he loves the double mocha espresso whip, I think blurting out "I HAVE A CCW" is a bit weird and likely to cause more trouble than OCSD has in mind. Im not going to GO OUT OF MY WAY to make up interactions with police officers so that I can tell them I have a CCW and ask how theyd like to proceed.... I mean, depending on how far I go with this I'm at some point likely to be considered "interfering with an officer in the course of his duty" (I run up to a bunch of cops who are frisking the guy on the corner and say "I HAVE MY CCW!") or at the very least, 5150.

In the end, a lot of the responsibility of having a CCW is just about having common sense and using it.