It sounds as if they could have been more courteous, I would have been. I carry an assist open knife, with a 3 3/4" blade. My last assignment was court security, and I enjoyed it more than any other in the 30 years I served. I treat everyone as I wish to be treated, unless they give me reason to treat them otherwise. One reason I carry that knife is for places where guns are prohibited. We seem to think alike. In the future best not to carry either into the courthouse, some of the younger guys get all stirred up about it.
That's nice, but I don't have to check my rights at the door so as not to offend the ignorance of some kid cop. That isn't how it works, you should know better.
Problem in this state is, there are a lot of uninformed police. Ignorant police. And we have a law that expressly states that if something isn't ILLEGAL, then it is LEGAL. Period. Just because they feel one way about something and it isn't written to their liking doesn't mean they can make stuff up.
If you report this to their supervisor you may as well call your mom and complain to her. They don't care here. Here, if one dies in the line of duty, he or she gets a funeral befitting a president. Seriously. Thousands show up, they shut down the streets, and hold services in stadiums. A soldier dies in the line of duty and gets a byline on the news. A regular person who dies can't even get a police escort --that isn't legal. How can you honestly expect to get your opinion through to an apparatus that views itself above the law? The cops here are losing their support in the community and being viewed more and more as the problem and not the solution. Just look at all the unjustified violence complaints and how they handle them. They handled it so poorly the feds got involved --that is pretty bad considering how little they care about the public's will.
Better yet is to contact the mayor with all the applicable information. Follow up and demand answers, make a big deal out of it. Hold them accountable. Ignorance of the law doesn't work for us, it doesn't work for them.
If they were reasonable and considered themselves a part of the same society they are supposed to serve and protect, a simple conversation between two gentlemen and a quick lookup of the law (which they can most assuredly do on the spot with their multi-million dollar budget) would reveal the truth.
But they'd just rather you don't tread on their ignorance. And if there are good cops here that disagree with me, think this repuatation is undeserved, don't tell me...
TELL YOUR BUDDY!