Just a tid bit of info

[chipperi]

As I posted a while back I got a job as a 911 Dispatcher. I have seen people ask if a LEO knows in advance if you have a permit when you are pulled over.

If he just runs the tags the answer is no, it just tells the make,model,color,and who owns it. If he does a check on the driver the answer is yes. When we enter your name into the system it will show us both you license and your HCP pictures and all. We do inform the officer that you have a valid permit.

[Guest BEARMAN]

Thanks chipperi, kind of suspected the LEO would have access to that knowledge...if he was responding via a 911 dispatch call.

Good info to know!

[Fallguy]

Thanks chipperi, kind of suspected the LEO would have access to that knowledge...if he was responding via a 911 dispatch call.

Good info to know!

You may have missed his point. I think we've always known a LEO had access to see if someone had a HCP.

But he is not going to have that knowledge just responding to a call. The only way to know is to run a check on someone's Drivers License. When I worked in 911 it was not routine to run someone's DL when an officer was responding to a residence.

Besides going to residence there could be weapons even without a HCP since it is a private residence. You have know way of knowing the names of everyone there. Of course the dispatcher always ask if their are any weapons involved or their. But again, responding to a 911 call it is doubtful that information is going to be checked.

I think he posted this to try and clear up the misconception some have as to whether HCP info is tied to your DL or your car tag. ...and as said it is connected to your DL.

Now one thing to remember is there are many other ways to check a DL besides just the number on it. If a RQ (Registration Query) or 10-28 in most 10-codes is run on a tag, the dispatcher/LEO can take the name an address received on it and run a check for a DL (DQ) on that name an address. If he does that, he will know the registered owner of the car has a HCP. But in my experience this is fairly rare. Usually the tag is run when the officer makes a stop and the DL is only run after the officer makes contact and decides to run it or not.

[Guest BEARMAN]

Thanks Fallguy...I stand corrected,sir!

[Fallguy]

I had always heard that calling in the Licence Plate shows the Registered owner and if the registered owner does have a HCP!

....and now we know it doesn't, at least not as one step process.

[rentalguy1]

Some cites run a 28 on every traffic stop. The one that I live in does (TN), and the one my wife works in does (VA). The HCP info only comes back in VA, though...

[Fallguy]

Some cites run a 28 on every traffic stop. The one that I live in does (TN), and the one my wife works in does (VA). The HCP info only comes back in VA, though...

The city I live in does as well.

But the don't run any DL information until the LEO ask for it.

[Fallguy]

When i took my HCP Class 15 yrs. ago that was what they told us!

Wouldn't be the first time wrong information was given in a class...

[Oh Shoot]

Wouldn't be the first time wrong information was given in a class...

Or the second, or third, or fourth, or ...

- OS