[Poogsdad]

"To tell or not to tell".

Regardless of what county you have been issued a CCW from and your specific issuing authority's requirements for notification, in my opinion, this falls more under the category of "Officer Safety" than CCW.

There are generally very good reasons why LEOs request or expect certain types of behaviors from citizens when they make an approach, whether it be formal or casual.

• Requesting that you take your hands out of your pockets.
• Asking a citizen put his/her cup/bottle/glass down during a contact.
• Placing handcuffs on a subject who is not "Under Arrest" but who's status is yet to be determined.
• Separating the protagonists in a domestic dispute in such a manner that the officers can see all protagonists but they cannot see each other.
• Not allowing a protagonist in go into another room unless a clear need to do so has been established and only with a LEO escort.
• Requesting that a subject step back to increase the distance between them.
• Requesting that a subject leave a purse or bag on a table in view of both officers and subject and not permitting access unless a clear need to do so has been established.
• Politely informing a LEO during a contact that you are CCW and stating where you are carrying.

There are many other examples that probably come to mind for both LEOs and non-LEOS that I have not mentioned.

Bottom line: Officer safety is an issue that LEOs take very seriously. Most, if not all, of the examples I used above came about because of an injury or fatality sustained by an officer during a contact with a citizen/subject.

Not every LEO does or requires these things, however, if they do, they have a good reason to do so.

Please realize it is not personal, they just want to go home EOS to their families just like you do when you leave work.

Thanks,