Jenrick
Member
So what about citizens that are Open Carrying which is now legal in Texas?
Are they required to announce that they are Open Carrying a firearms to a LEO?
To open carry one has to have a license to carry, and as such they are required to notify if they are carrying and are asked to present identification. Additionally the firearm must be carried in a belt or shoulder holster if it is not concealed.
In my State the best reason to search a vehicle after a arrest has been made is for inventory of the contents purposes. That way the argument is made that all vehicles impounded by the police have their contents inventoried and valuable items are placed in safe keeping.
The courts have repeatedly stated that an inventory is not a "ruse for a search" and that if we continue down that path we're going to loose inventory as a thing too. We don't do inventory anymore, it's the impound companies responsibility. Its actually worked out quiet well for us doing it that way.
-Jenrick