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License Plate
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 8:10 am
by Daltex1
Does anyone know that when a LEO pulls you over that when they run your plates that it shows if you are a CHL holder? As soon as I got my CHL I recieved new license plates was wondering if this was just a coincidence or if it does show up.
Re: License Plate
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 8:41 am
by KRM45
The recieving license plates was coincidence.
Re: License Plate
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 10:23 pm
by pt145ss
I believe CHL is only tied to the DL. I have several vehicles titled in my name that I do not drive but other family members do i.e. father-in-law and daughter. I would hate for them to be pulled over and then greeted by an officer who suspects someone in the car is armed because they ran the plate.
Re: License Plate
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:17 pm
by srothstein
This has been discussed here before. The CHL is tied only to the DL check. Some good dispatchers will try to run a DL chekc on the registered owner of the car when they get the plate return, just to save a little time. After all, it is probably a 50-50 chance that the owner is driving if it comes back to an individual.
In this case, the new plates were just a coincidence. Two different departments involved. TxDOT handles care registrations and DPS handles DL's and CHL's.
Re: License Plate
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 12:32 pm
by aardwolf
pt145ss wrote:I believe CHL is only tied to the DL. I have several vehicles titled in my name that I do not drive but other family members do i.e. father-in-law and daughter. I would hate for them to be pulled over and then greeted by an officer who suspects someone in the car is armed because they ran the plate.
If my car was stolen and the car thief was pulled over, I would hate for the police officer to relax because he thought my car was being driven by me, i.e. someone with no wants, warrants or convictions.
Re: License Plate
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 3:22 pm
by pt145ss
aardwolf wrote:pt145ss wrote:I believe CHL is only tied to the DL. I have several vehicles titled in my name that I do not drive but other family members do i.e. father-in-law and daughter. I would hate for them to be pulled over and then greeted by an officer who suspects someone in the car is armed because they ran the plate.
If my car was stolen and the car thief was pulled over, I would hate for the police officer to relax because he thought my car was being driven by me, i.e. someone with no wants, warrants or convictions.
If the car was reported stolen...that would not be an issue. Running the plates would show it was stolen and the LEO would be on high alert.