What Bigman said.....I worked as a wildlife officer for 30 years. City and county officers that I knew or in some cases worked with me had a hard time accepting the way a wildlife officer makes a contact and it made them uncomfortable. At the same time, I have to admit that I might have a different approach working in a city.

One makes contacts based on the situation. Wildlife officers know/expect that persons contacted in the field may well be armed (firearms, archery, knives, etc) and the officer's KSAs are developed to help them make safe contacts. City, county, WSP, and obviously some tribal officers, have a different approach.

In my opinion, this situation should never have gotten to this point.