just dont call it a "sidearm" unless you actually work there
Purple, my man. Purple.
've also sat in the front seat of a patrol car to give a statement while carrying.
Did you re-wire the patrol car's electronics while you were there?
I do not know the Indiana statutes for carrying in a police station. There is several interesting replies to this thread. I think that if I knew several of the LEO's in the station I may feel somewhat comfortable with entering the station while armed if in fact it is ok. Other than this situation, I do not think that I would enter a station without having left the firearm in my vehicle. I think a police station is a rather safe place. Whether it is allowed or not, I see the potential for bad outcomes.
... I think a police station is a rather safe place. Whether it is allowed or not, I see the potential for bad outcomes.
Section 5 (d) does not mention intent.The law you are all seeking is IC 35-44.1-3-5 Trafficking with an inmate
However, that law has been changed like 3 times in the last 3 years, so it is no longer a crime under that statute to carry into the building or to have it in the car in the parking lot, only to carry into the building "with intent to deliver to an inmate or child of that building."
There may be other applicable law, but that one is what used to trip people up.
Hope that helps.
Blessings,
Bill
A person who 1) is not an inmate of a penal facility or a child of a juvenile facility; and(2) knowingly or intentionally possesses in, or carries or causes to be brought into, the penal facility or juvenile facility a deadly weapon without the prior authorization of the person in charge of the penal facility or juvenile facility;commits carrying a deadly weapon into a correctional facility, a Level 5 felony
Here's what the judges will use:IANAL.
Most police stations do not have a jail. They probably do have holding rooms. That's where it gets sticky. My opinion (key word) is the fact that there is a holding rooms does not make it a place of confinement. If this was so it would also be illegal to carry in pretty much all malls in the state as most have holding cells. In my opinion a place of confinement is a place where the main purpose of the building is to house prisoners. This would obviously include jails and prisons. A police station is not a place typically designed to be for confinement. Another example is when people are given time by courts they sentence them to the IDOC or the county jail. They don't sentence you to serve your time at a police station or a holding cell at a mall. Now, if the police station is in the same building as the county jail or attached to the court house I wouldn't carry there.
Also, don't think just because there are police present at a police station that you are safe and don't need to carry. Believe it or not police stations are attacked by suicidal gunmen. Not often, but does happen.
Section 5 (d) does not mention intent.