Unfortunately, that type of behavior can be used by a person of evil intent to distract an officer. If the officer becomes fixated on the cell phone issue, he may not notice a concealed weapon being brought into play until it is too late.
I worry about such things. My son is one of those people on the street.
Your son and all the rest of us in all law enforcement fields definitely do appreciate your concern. I know my parents worry, more so my mother as my father was RMCP, although they both know that if something were to happen, that it's ok, cause I'm doing what I love and helping others.
Yeah, which is why one of the first things we learn is to be always watching, and not only the subject (hands, facial expressions, body language) but also the peripheral and what's going on around, is the person distracting you to get you focussed on him to get your eyes off the real crime.
That's something that is drilled so hard into us that it's completely subconscious to the point where my friends laugh at me, cause we'll go out somewhere, to a mall, bar, pub, whatever, and they say I always look as though I'm not paying attention cause of how my eyes are darting all over the place looking at everything and everyone. It gets me in quite a bit of trouble when I'm out with women cause they always think I'm checking out another girl
