Mr. Hippie, did you fry your brain with recreational pharmaceuticals? Updated

I just got this in comments:
This site is a satire of the current state of Law Enforcement, Fire Fighting and Emergency Medical work. Stories posted here are not real and you should not assume them to have any basis in any real fact.

Either that, or you're just plain damn stupid.
The chief explained how about four years ago right after the grand opening of the Co-Op an officer was confronted about having a gun in the store when he stopped to buy a bottle of water. The officer pointed out he was an on-duty uniformed policemen so their “no weapons” policy sign did not apply to him. The next day a new sign was posted. It stated no Police with out a warrant allowed in the store. The sign detailed how any entry by a police officer would be a violation of the 4th amendment. The chief advised his officers to abide by the sign.

Fast-forward to today. The store calls for an officer when they catch a shoplifter. The manager meets the responding officer at the main entrance. The manager tells the officer he can only enter the store if he disarms himself, all weapons. The manager tells the officer he will need to leave his full duty belt in the squad car, no nightstick, no pepper spray, no TASER, no weapons period.

The officer explained that was a major officer safety issue and also a violation of policy. The officer offered to put on his raincoat to cover the weapons so people in the store would not see them. He also offered to have the manager walk the shoplifter out side and he would take custody of the shoplifter in the parking lot. None of these options were acceptable to the manager so the officer left.
Personally, I'm going with plain damn stupid.