I've read, re-read, and re-re-read the thing and can't figure a way around it. I retired in 1988 and received only a nice badge telling the world that I was retired. My department didn't issue then, and does not issue now, ID cards to retired officers.
So, what to do? The wife and I travel each year, usually back to New England where her family is. We live in New Mexico. I don't worry about taking I-40 through the South. I do start to sweat it some when we cross the Mason Dixon Line and head north, until we get into NH and Maine. I always have a pistol or revolver in the glove box or under the seat.
When the Feds passed the Law Enforcement Offficers Safety Act, first thing I thought was that I, at last, wouldn't have to sweat bullets until we got through the Socialist People's Republic of Massachusetts. But, on seeing the act, I notice that without a picture ID, I'm no better off than before.
Anyway, before I make this a novella, does anyone here have any insight on a way around this problem. I've been round and round with my old dept, but there isn't anyone left that I worked with so what pull I had to arrange a workaround is gone.
So, what to do? The wife and I travel each year, usually back to New England where her family is. We live in New Mexico. I don't worry about taking I-40 through the South. I do start to sweat it some when we cross the Mason Dixon Line and head north, until we get into NH and Maine. I always have a pistol or revolver in the glove box or under the seat.
When the Feds passed the Law Enforcement Offficers Safety Act, first thing I thought was that I, at last, wouldn't have to sweat bullets until we got through the Socialist People's Republic of Massachusetts. But, on seeing the act, I notice that without a picture ID, I'm no better off than before.
Anyway, before I make this a novella, does anyone here have any insight on a way around this problem. I've been round and round with my old dept, but there isn't anyone left that I worked with so what pull I had to arrange a workaround is gone.
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