Non-peace officers lack the power to detain, and the power we do have, to arrest, is rarely used. If somebody has placed me under citizen's arrest, you better believe I'd be recording it though. My first interaction with a Corvallis PD officer was seemingly pleasant, I introduced myself and chatted for a few minutes. Did I record the interaction? Yes. Did I ask if I was being detained? Yes. From that interaction I learned that Corvallis PD likes to investigate and gather information on legal activity. The officer wrote a report about our conversation and saved video of me on four separate occasions. When I filed a police complaint comparing the collection of information for somebody exercising their right to practice religion to somebody bearing arms, I was told they were completely different. The investigating lieutenant had no issue with officers spending time investigating lawful behavior. It was fairly clear that Corvallis PD was a fairly corrupt department. My subsequent interactions with them have only confirmed this belief. Fortunately the new Chief seems like a decent guy, so maybe over time they'll get better, but I'm not holding my breath.
Regarding the $5k of damages comment from oc4ever, as you're aware, a settlement is just money to stop the case. There's no admitting of fault (beyond what the judge had ruled) or admitting that damage took place. There's a case in WA where an OCer had a gun pointed at him while he was carrying, he was awarded $15k. I think that's low. There was a case in NM where a man who was forcefully removed from a movie theater and told to disarm before returning got $20k. I'm not too familiar with other cases in other states. I think one guy had two lawsuits that he won, one of which bought him a nice motorcycle, but I'm not at all familiar with the details. Getting $5k isn't smashing any records, but it's something substantial and Judge McShane's opinion is another open carry detainment citation that can be used.
