Well, nothing really exciting to report. Dumbass didn’t barricade himself inside the house screaming “you’ll never take me alive, coppers” and lob hand grenades at them, or anything like that. Our driver called the SVPD and requested that one unit be dispatched to the house, and another to the restaurant. After gathering the necessary information from our driver, the unit at the house arrested dumbass without incident, and he was charged with brandishing a weapon at a peace officer. He made bail a few hours later and that was the last our driver has heard concerning the incident. I was told that he is being charged with a felony, and if convicted, it is an offense which will bar him from ever possessing a firearm in the state of California.
Does that count if the policeman was out of uniform?
Yeah, yeah, I know, that’s why we have juries. 
Well I’m going to be the person who doesn’t actually agree with the O.Ps idea.
While we can all get a cheap little sense of “I’m better then those people” you are getting off on a sense of smug "Oh its not me "
That poor bloke has been receiving continual “Prank” DEATH THREATS,Hello mr Smug,every FUCKING DAY FOR FOUR MONTHS.
Is This the time we go HAHAHa.
Huh? Did I miss part of the story where the guy had been getting death threats every day for four months?
Well, the grease on that pizza can clog your arteries something fierce.
The worse punishment he ever endured. </Tom Lehrer>
I specifically asked him (my coworker) the same question, and he told me that it didn’t make any difference. The driver did everything by the book; he said “sir, you need to lower that weapon RIGHT NOW,” and then immediately identified himself as a commissioned LEO. Dumbass refused to lower the weapon, and continued to mouth off to our employee. So he is charged with brandishing a weapon at a peace officer, which is a more serious offense in California than doing the same thing at a civilian.
This shouldn’t go to trial. The charge is probably higher than it needs to be in order for him to plea down to some sort of misdemeanor or low-class felony assault charge.
While I don’t condone the homeowner’s actions, no PD or DA’s office should realistically expect J.Q. Public to be able to identify off-duty, non-uniformed officers wearing “Dominos Delivers” as police officers.
Apparently he continued to point the weapon after the driver identified himself as such.
Perhaps.
But not presented as fact in the OP or Wash’s follow-up.
You seem to have missed the second followup.
Did he show him a badge or ID?
Ain’t no “seem” about it, I did miss the 2nd follow-up. When I started my first reply, Washoe hadn’t yet posted it, and then I didn’t notice it after I hit submit.
:smack:
I am curious, though…Washoe, did you delivery guy have a badge with him?
While I don’t live in Gus’s neck of the woods and would probably not greet a late-night caller at my front door with a gun in their face, I would be reluctant to merely take someone’s word that they are a cop.
How much trouble would he be in if they concede he didn’t know the guy was a cop? Pointing a gun at civilian is still a crime, right?
Yes, but apparently threatening a cop is a worse crime, just as killing a cop here is “Capital Felony Murder”, a worse crime than murder.
Under most circumstances, yes. Under those described by the OP, almost certainly so.
IANAL, and without having a firm (any) grasp of CA laws, I think he would be facing a charge of Aggravated Assault..
Just my WAG.
Errr…sorry—I’m asleep at the wheel in my own thread. I think he’s working tomorrow night—I’ll ask him.
I asked him about it tonight. No, he didn’t badge dumbass; he just told him orally that he is an LAPD officer.
I have a hard time seeing how the peace officer charge will stick for a conviction then. I mean, anyone can say they are a cop.
I’d consider that were I on his jury.