Posted by Rotting
Just hopefully not anytime soon
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You never known. Remoteness is no guarantee either; I got boxed in by a dozen cops at a remote Nikki site. They set a perimeter complete with command post and were fixing to go in with k9s, oh my.
Took down with a #12 pump... thankfully as pissed as they were they were professional and didn't rough me up a bit.
Lessons learned;
●don't be observed going in by anyone.
A 13 yo cunt mistook my tripod for a rifle from 20 feet or less away. Seal my fate, bitch.
●People are trouble, proof.
If you're caught by cops never resist.
Be as calm and complaint as possible; they respect this. Obey all commands without hesitation and be chilly.
They impounded and searched my car with a warrant.
After they calmed down they were actually very nice. They had me hand cuffed to a bench for about 2 hours; I waited without squirming or asking for anything. Eventually I talked at length with the Lt, and over half an hour with the police chief a few days later.
He was a good guy, returned all my gear undamaged; I gave them permission to view all the images.
Even though I could have, I took no images of cops or houses, only my target site. That saved me.
He spoke with the assistant DA and my charges were reduced from two felony counts to two municipal misdemeanor charges with no lawyer.
All in all it cost me about $1200 and a lot of lost sleep, cheap.
And I got full permission to go back to the Nikki site; the Chief had the gate key and the county had control of it. I was stealing when it could have been mine simply by asking, fuck me silly.
●Keep tripods out of sight.
●Avoid being spotted by anyone if at all possible. This is important. If spotted a cam in your hand usually helps your cause; I was invited into a train switch house once by the switch master when he saw me trespassing on the tracks and shooting the switch tower.
●It pays to be friendly most times...
●Many times an LEO will work with you.
●Cops hate to fuck over a good guy, be nice.
●If it's a guard, run!
●Never run from a cop unless you're dead certain you can get away, and gambling like this can get very expensive. Not advisable to do.
●Never capture a image if it seems like a bad idea; this has saved me twice with cops. Remember your images are evidence to convict you... or prove your innocence. They show intent, graphically!