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Not sure it was so smart of me or not

As with me pulling over a drunk young lady ( Neal's Trucker thread; post #667) using my security shield when her deflated spark-showering wheel rim threatened the bone-dry hillsides and livestock, be sure to apologize for 'personating a peace officer'. As a citizen you did good and the detective will probably say what the CHP humorously said to me "ya gotta do what ya gotta do." The matter was highly suspect; got handled; and you handled it. and kept it out of the headlines!!! The police make bad mistakes with authentic looking toy guns and your action did no harm and was not unreasonable both in practice and the fact that, as a legally armed citizen, you are the well ordered militia with power to detain 'till the gendarmes arrive...in my case: nearly an hour! Occasionally that puts you 'on point' as the only difference between nothing happening and severe consequences- If the detainee has issues, he can always sue you civilly. Well done.