This might be considered a "self-initiated" encounter. After spending a few hours at HoBe this morning, I headed over to Panera/Firestone. I stopped in for lunch, then drove over to our usual parking area. Backed in near the fence where we usually park was a Nassau County patrol car. I parked a couple of spots away, grabbed my camera, and went over to say hello. I told him I was going to hang out for a while and photograph the arriving aircraft. He said "That's fine, I know you guys come out here all the time." I told him I just wanted to let him know what I was up to, in case they got any calls from "concerned citizens" - he thanked me for that! He spent about 30 minutes, there, taking care of paperwork and such, before he departed. No, I didn't have to go over and tell him what I was doing, and maybe he wouldn't have asked me, but I figured if I was going to be hanging out next to him shooting, it was better to be proactive about it, and he seemed glad I did.
And no, I didn't show him any ID... :tongue:
