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Old 05-09-2017, 07:20 AM
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Or you are talking to each other while waiting to be seated at a restaurant.
That would involve me socializing with random strangers, cops or otherwise. I don't do that.

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Or they are asking for your help in finding a lost child.
That's a professional encounter, not socializing.

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Or you are chatting with them at a pistol match. Or.........
I've shot pistol matches with ONE cop in twenty some odd years.

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I've been stopped by police while I was off duty. If you live long enough and travel enough, it's going to happen. If you don't go looking for a confrontation with police it is often difficult to find one.
A virtually foolproof way to avoid confrontations is to avoid encounters. The way to avoid encounters with the police is to obey the law. It's no guarantee but it really cuts down the odds.

I advise people to obey the law and avoid people who don't, as well as the places where they congregate. You'd think cops would like that.