Retired Federal Way Police Officer Xxxx Xxxxxx decided to try an experiment before the Iron Maiden concert at the Tacoma Dome earlier this month to see if the stadium’s security staff are following the law. LEOSA signed into law by President George W. Bush, allows current and retired law enforcement officers to carry firearms into most places where guns are banned by state and local law.
However, when he tried to enter the stadium and showed his badge, the security manager — an employee of the City of Tacoma — told him that he would not be allowed to take the firearm inside. “He said that under no circumstances could an on-duty officer out of uniform, or an off-duty officer out of uniform, or a retired officer, or a concealed weapons permit citizen [enter] … that under no circumstances were [they] allowing anybody into this venue unless it’s on-duty, in-uniform personnel,”
Perhaps even more alarming to Xxxx was in 2017, when he took his gun through the Tacoma Dome metal detectors, and they did not go off. He is concerned that the city’s security is stopping police officers who identify themselves, but not people who might try to get a weapon past guards without revealing it.
The first time he was told he could not bring his gun into the Tacoma Dome was in 2016; then, he was on the clock as a police officer, though in plainclothes. Unquote. https://mynorthwest.com/1526298/dori-retired-cop-tacoma-dome/
Plaintiff is challenging the City of Tacoma’s municipal policy that violates the Washington State Firearms Preemption Law by unlawfully preventing concealed carry within the Tacoma Dome,”...
While he was still working as a school resource officer for Federal Way on June 11, 2016, the Police Department dispatched Stray to the Dome to work at a high school graduation ceremony. He was wearing a two-piece suit and carrying a pistol in an ankle holster when he arrived and identified himself as an on-duty officer.
Security told him he had to put his weapon in his vehicle and searched him when he returned.
“They searched him right in front of all the kids that he’s supposed to be protecting,” Knapp said. “It doesn’t seem like the best image for the school resource officer to be searched right in front of the kids.”
The main purpose to go there was to get standing for this case … . They told him, no, there was no way that they were going to let him go in, which we pretty much knew that anyway.” Unquote https://www.seattletimes.com/seattl...ter-tacoma-dome-wont-let-him-in-with-his-gun/
Awwww privileged pampered member mistreated by big bad private property owner...tisk tisk!
However, when he tried to enter the stadium and showed his badge, the security manager — an employee of the City of Tacoma — told him that he would not be allowed to take the firearm inside. “He said that under no circumstances could an on-duty officer out of uniform, or an off-duty officer out of uniform, or a retired officer, or a concealed weapons permit citizen [enter] … that under no circumstances were [they] allowing anybody into this venue unless it’s on-duty, in-uniform personnel,”
Perhaps even more alarming to Xxxx was in 2017, when he took his gun through the Tacoma Dome metal detectors, and they did not go off. He is concerned that the city’s security is stopping police officers who identify themselves, but not people who might try to get a weapon past guards without revealing it.
The first time he was told he could not bring his gun into the Tacoma Dome was in 2016; then, he was on the clock as a police officer, though in plainclothes. Unquote. https://mynorthwest.com/1526298/dori-retired-cop-tacoma-dome/
Plaintiff is challenging the City of Tacoma’s municipal policy that violates the Washington State Firearms Preemption Law by unlawfully preventing concealed carry within the Tacoma Dome,”...
While he was still working as a school resource officer for Federal Way on June 11, 2016, the Police Department dispatched Stray to the Dome to work at a high school graduation ceremony. He was wearing a two-piece suit and carrying a pistol in an ankle holster when he arrived and identified himself as an on-duty officer.
Security told him he had to put his weapon in his vehicle and searched him when he returned.
“They searched him right in front of all the kids that he’s supposed to be protecting,” Knapp said. “It doesn’t seem like the best image for the school resource officer to be searched right in front of the kids.”
The main purpose to go there was to get standing for this case … . They told him, no, there was no way that they were going to let him go in, which we pretty much knew that anyway.” Unquote https://www.seattletimes.com/seattl...ter-tacoma-dome-wont-let-him-in-with-his-gun/
Awwww privileged pampered member mistreated by big bad private property owner...tisk tisk!
