NPD S3";p="51828 said:
Big difference between veteran officer getting a LTC and a new applicant to the police department.
If I see that response on an application, take a guess were that application would end up, remember your applying for the job, answer the question
I was NOT referring to LEOs. Our current chief does this to EVERYONE applying for LTC Renewals!
I read you 5 x 5, but I still would NOT provide the information. If they ask what guns I would carry on duty (assuming that one could buy/use what they own), I WOULD provide that info on those particular guns.
As for a "fishing expedition" on what I own, I stand by what I wrote . . . bring a search warrant and a clipboard and I'll supply the coffee.
Nothing good can come from a "fishing expedition". If I did provide a list, they would still find discrepancies with CHSB's list. I have guns that were purchased prior to 1986 (aren't on CHSB list, but I have "tissue paper" FA-10s for them) and I've sold some (I have FA-10s on those as well, but they will show up on CHSB's list).
But, I have a reputation as one with brass balls! Most people are sheep and will do whatever is asked of them. . .I have a reputation to maintain. :twisted:
- For ~10 years for the 4th of July fireworks I was always posted to the same remote intersection, blockading traffic. At our briefing prior to being sent out, I asked why I was always at this isolated spot and the chief (prior to current chief) told me that I have a reputation for not letting anyone thru unless they had a pass (i.e. I was a ball-buster). OK, later that night the chief rolls up in his unmarked and I went over to him and told him that I couldn't let him thru since he didn't have a pass! You should have seen the twisted look on his face!! :twisted: Wish I had a camera with me!! He had absolutely NO sense of humor.
- Current chief rolls up late at the high school for Town Meeting and all the spaces are filled except the HP spaces (which the prior chiefs used to park at). He asks me where he can park, I look at him deadpan and said "How about Foxboro?" :mrgreen: He's another one with no sense of humor, but he sucked it up and said "I guess I'll try across the street" and he moved on.
It's great when you are a Special/Reserve PO. You can do the job and not worry about retribution to your career. I always said that if they didn't like the job that I did, they didn't have to re-appoint me the next year. I guess that I didn't do badly, they appointed me for 17 consecutive years.
YMMV