When I'm in my own county, most SOs know that I carry and I always inform any new rookies I meet (we're always getting lots of rookies, they're here for about 4 months to 2 years then go to the bay area for $$).
It's not required in Amador County, but I do it anyway.
Now, just this weekend I was in SF. I can't say for sure what I would have done since the situation didn't arise where I had official contact with SFPD. It probably would have depended on the nature of the official contact, however:
1) There is no requirement placed on me by my permit to do so.
2) The numerous posts (here and elsewhere) about SFPD saying CCWs from other counties aren't legit in SF.
If I was in OC, I would disclose given the climate and knowledge base of the OC LEOs, but probably not Oakland.
This is not to say I respect or like other jurisdictions LEOs more, simply that the SFPD management/politicians engages in a campaign of misinformation that the beat cops would not necessarily know was not true. Not their fault, but if they believed the FUD spread by the bosses, I could end up spending the night in the pokey, losing my weapon for a protracted amount of time and end up in a protracted and costly legal battle.
As an aside, I did take a little pleasure in knowing that I was probably one of only a dozen or so people in SF legally carrying concealed.
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