[skeet]

Well, Fabs,... I think the original problem occurred when the patrolmen used such force without using a bit of common sense. The guy was packing for a camping trip and they went to his door with drawn weapons?? What they should have done is checked him out first to see if he was a threat to any one. I am sure they knocked on the door and stated they were the police...Did he open the door or did they break in?? I also feel the police department in the jusisdiction is stridently anti firearm(I know the area well). The departments over there are in the pockets of the liberal anti anything people and you know that.

Not too long ago my granddaughter was playing with a cell phone which was no longer in service. They still work for 911 for some reason??.. She inadvertently dialed 911. Well the state police showed up at my door and asked if they could come in...I said sure...what's the problem?? He told me they had received a cell phone call from a child at the 911 center. I told him I would call my daughter on her cell phone and did so. He talked to her and she assured him it was a mistake. The guy actually started to search through my house when I told him to leave. He said you have to understand"this is a child". I told him.."you have to understand..this is my home and you have no warrant" and stated I wanted him to leave now. He reluctantly did so. It was apparent he didn't like being told to do something by an avearage citizen as they are taught to always be in charge of a situation. I not so reluctantly called his supervisor and stated my objections to having an armed intruder in my house. The supervisor(who I know) told me he would speak to his trooper..which he did as the trooper called to apologize. It would have been better if he had apologized in person...but better than nothing I guess. Sometimes the police are somewhat too insistent for their own good...which also adds to the distrust of the police by average citizens.

And yes TBO...people sometimes don't trust the police because the police do things that are wrong ..can you imagine the police doing something wrong??