Home alarm, my p45 and the police
Interesting evening. Nephew calls telling my wife that he was notified that his home alarm has gone off and could we check it out while he is away shopping. Normally i would say no, but my wife was going with or without me. We live 1/3 of mile from him where a lot of homeless have been wandering around lately in the neighbourhood breaking into homes and getting Christmas goodies. So I grab my fanny pack that has my p45 and a high quality flashlight and head over. We checked the perimeter and everything looked ok. We have a key and checked the inside. Wife turned off alarm and called alarm company to cancel police call. As she was doing that, I notice a hand letting go of the top of the back fence in my flashlight beam while looking out the back slider. I placed the p45 back in the pack and said I want to check the other side of the yard. Just as I walked out of the front door, a female city police officer with her hand on her holstered side arm was looking at me. I immediately put my hands up and identified myself and asked if she wanted to see my ID. Obviously the hand i saw on the fence was hers. She said yes and I told her per Calif law that I am armed. I also realized I forgot my id in my hurry. She asked where was my weapon and asked if I have a permit which I affirmed and told her where my pistol was. She said I'll take the weapon from you and not to move. I thought oh no she is going to have problems getting to it but she undid the latch like a pro and went through the pockets of the pack. My wife presented her id. She asked how we are related to the owner and that I didn't look good coming out of the house with a wool beanie and a hoodie. I realized right then and there that she was completely right. She looked around the house a bit and was on her way. Never asked for my permit which I should have had but did not. Response time was great and turned out to be a false alarm. Tough job. Seeing a dude leaving a home with a wool beanie cap and hoodie...makes their job telling the good guy from the bad hard to do. Uhmm profiling?? Haha.When I got in the car to leave, i looked at my wife and asked her if we are getting old or are cops getting younger. She looked fresh out of college. Glad i holstered before walking out of the house. All in all a good experience and a job well done by the police.
