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Aran
Location: Kansas City Gender: Male Total Likes: 1847 likes
Huh. I guess covid made me a trendsetter.
| | | Re: Police Experiences? < Reply # 6 on 2/24/2017 10:26 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | I had the exact experience you are worried about a few years back. I was a high school student living with my parents, and got caught at an old paper mill by the managers of the recycling company scrapping said mill. They tailed me to my car and took down my licence plate number. After I got home I found out they called the cops when one of them showed up on my front porch. I explained the situation to him, that I was an amateur photographer who didn't mean any harm. I was respectful, honest, and cooperative with the officer. He told me that the owners accused me of industrial espionage (which is a pretty unusual reaction judging by most explorers' experiences). However, the officer just told me to stay away from the property from then on, and he shook my hand before leaving. All in all, it ended very well for me, with the only consequence being that the paper mill is now closed to me forever. My parents were not home, so they never found out. I can't tell you how yours will react, but at least with police officers most aren't actively looking to screw you over. Act like a mature, nonthreatening person and they probably won't cause too much trouble for you. Also, as others have mentioned, your age may make them a bit more lenient, and since they'll be expecting someone belligerent involved with drugs/alcohol/underage sex/vandalism, a polite teen merely taking pictures will probably be a nice change of pace.
At least, that's my two cents.
| "Sorry, I didn't know I'm not supposed to be here," he said, knowing full well he wasn't supposed to be there. |
| jonrev
Location: Lake Wazzapamani Gender: Male Total Likes: 735 likes
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| | | | Re: Police Experiences? < Reply # 10 on 2/25/2017 10:46 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | #1 was at Dixie Square Mall in 2010. Was 19, cop saw me drive up and park my car on the concrete pad that was a Woolworth's store. Figured I was another white suburban kid buying drugs until I showed him the camera. Guy lit a smoke and we BS'd for a while before he took off. Was there for the rest of the day without incident. Even drove my car into the mall, afterward. #2 was in Gary, 2013. My brother and I had just parked and were walking around the exterior of an abandoned school when a Gary Police Reserve rolled around the corner. Dude was straight-up Carl J. Winslow's doppelganger, and a little flustered when we explained what we were doing there, but otherwise cool. Gave us a ride back to the car, then decided to give us a police escort (lights and all for a few miles until he realized they were still on from when he rolled us) across the city to Miller Beach because he thought it would be a good place to take pictures (it was). He suggested I carry business cards, which I do to this day. I saw him again on a later trip at the building behind City Methodist, but he was busy. If I see him again I need to thank him one of these days. #3 was just a few goddamn hours later. We were in an abandoned supermarket-turned-paintball arena on the outskirts of Gary; I snap a Polaroid, and as soon as I stick the thing in my pocket I hear someone call-out "Gary Police!". Met him in the building - had his gun drawn and all - but he backed down when I flashed my DSLR screen. He saw us parked behind a neighboring building which turned out to be a greasy strip club. Chatted with him for a while, turned out his wife was a photog - so he starts listing all the popular spots we had long already been to. Oh yeah, and he says the cops hate their own PD building - which is converted from (and still attached to) parts of a hospital that's been rotting a good 20 years, now. #4 was last summer in Waukegan - and not by my own fault yet the reason nobody got arrested that day. Was in the old Johnson Outboards (OMC #1) plant from dawn and was getting ready to leave around noon when I hear Waukegan PD get on their loudspeakers. I wasn't aware they were right outside (thought they were yelling at someone on the beach - a chopper had made a low pass earlier in the morning), so I went about moving toward my exit. Then I notice the gate outside is open and a guy on a motorcycle is guarding it, and realize what's going on. I put my camera back on the tripod and put on a show until the cops get to my part of the building - revealing myself when they get close, and it turns out my friend is with them playing Beach Ranger for the day. Said-friend is the city's PR-guy and organizes the city's monthly art walk I'm a part of, so I was off the hook and even got to keep the loot I had set aside. Shortly after we get outside, I find out they were looking for some graffiti kids seen going in (mind you it's a hot-as-balls Sunday morning in July, and the place was literally across the street from the city's busiest beach on Lake Michigan; of course someone - the guy on the bike - saw them and called), and that they had been caught at their car - so I got to sit in a squad for a while and watch them get interrogated before being taken back to my car. Couple months later I actually met one of them at the aforementioned art walk, and recently explored a Chicago spot with him.
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| | | | Re: Police Experiences? < Reply # 13 on 2/27/2017 4:03 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by gahdamnchi Hey. To everyone that responded, I really appreciate it. All of the input for sure helped me calm my nerves.
| Until you get hands on experience you really don't how you'll come off. You never know how you look through someone else's eyes. Cops hate being lied to and -never- do anything to make a LEO wary of their safety. I've talk to dozens of LEOs over the years, most times just being friendly. As long as you know where the lines are and don't cross them, most LEOs are pretty laid back. I've shot a few with permission too. Most cops will go out of their way to help you, most are people persons... one of the reasons many became LEOs. Get on their bad side, they can give you a real bad time. If you get in a jam with them, always be compliant. Do exactly what they tell you to do and never resist arrest even verbally. Compliance is how they gauge you and your level of compliance will determine in part will determine how they treat you. No one likes to goof over a good guy...
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