While in Nashville yesterday, I was stopped by a Metro officer for going thru a parking lot to avoid a light. By the way, the light was blocked by a delivery truck with his flashers on. Anyway, no ticket issued.
Here is the reason for my posting this.The officer approched my vehicle, as is usually done in a traffic stop, and asked for my DL and insurance. I gave it to him and he returned to his vehicle to check it out. When he returned to my vehicle he was not happy that I had not notified him that I had a HCP. He told me that I was supposed to notify him on his first approach to the car. However, I did not notify him because I did not have my gun in the car with me!
At no time during the encounter did he ask me if i was armed. When I told him that there was no weapon in the car, he just said "Watch the parking lots from now on" and walked away.
Should I have notified him that I had a HCP, even though there was no gun in the car?
