In case an acorn falls to the ground.

That driver looks like he might be slightly off-white. Cops are TERRIFIED of that type of person.

This is what happens when you're told to expect that every encounter with the public could end in your death.

Cops are notorious pussies and scared of their own shadows. Police work is less dangerous than delivering pizzas in America but you don't see Domino's drivers strapped up with one hand on their gun when knocking on doors - yet police get away with this because in their mind everyone is a criminal out to get them, and not a member of their community that they swore to protect.

Because being a cop is less dangerous than being a roofer.

If that doesn’t make sense to you, then congrats. You’re too smart to be a cop.

it's how they're trained (or how little rather). They're essentially told that basically every interaction could potentially result in them being attacked and to stay vigilant.

They always do this, it's not new.

Because he's a trigger-happy, racist sociopathic cop.

Note to self, remove tautology.

Emotional support gun.

All i see is some fat fuck with bad posture and a OH THAT'S THE COP. Well shit

Racism

He's not getting his papers together fast enough.

Because it looks pretty dumb if he had his hands in the pockets. /s (for obvious reason)

He's essentially playing with himself

I'm no fan of the US police but unfortunately some people reach for a gun pretending to get their papers. So it kinda makes sense to at least be ready for the worst.

It's there to distract from his Hank Hill butt

Terror.

@Deceptichum It is the new gun issued in the states and Canada. It has a faulty trigger and sometimes fires unintentionally. So, now he is scratching his butt to see if he can charge the driver with attempted murder or get a few days off. My theory, I could be wrong.cbc.ca/news/politics/sig-sauer