Positve LEO encounter with FBI!

[MBG]

So I get a call from the FBI regarding one of my servers being compromised, They ask if we can meet to discuss, I say sure...

They arrive at our building where I open carry every day, greet me, and are very courteous and respectful. I greet them and in a non-threatening way, inform them I am armed (my shirt was covering my normally visible firearm)

They say "must be a rough area"

Not a flinch, not a question and no disrespect. +1 to these local agents who I almost dismissed as the call came in on april 1st. in fact, had I not googled the phone number they called from, I probably would have continued to ignore them.(it came back as the federal building downtown)

 

[bigus_D]

So I get a call from the FBI regarding one of my servers being compromised, They ask if we can meet to discuss, I say sure...

They arrive at our building where I open carry every day, greet me, and are very courteous and respectful. I greet them and in a non-threatening way, inform them I am armed (my shirt was covering my normally visible firearm)

They say "must be a rough area"

Not a flinch, not a question and no disrespect. +1 to these local agents who I almost dismissed as the call came in on april 1st. in fact, had I not googled the phone number they called from, I probably would have continued to ignore them.(it came back as the federal building downtown)

Can you share how the server was compromised and what activity it was undertaking that caught their interest?

 

[Expat]

They probably knew you were armed and what color underwear you were wearing before they got there ;-)

 

[E5RANGER375]

They probably knew you were armed and what color underwear you were wearing before they got there ;-)

^^^ THIS!!! VERY TRUE!!! i know a couple (current and retired) GREAT STORY TIME when they talk!!! i just get my blanky and my cookie and milk and curl up on the story rug for a listen before nap time

hmmmm server compromise huh? did they show you some credible Identification?? anyone can fake the number that shows up on your caller ID. id have been calling the local field office to confirm their identities.

maybe they were legit and you saw id? im just saying, always confirm more than just a number or even ID.

 

[jedi]

Curious on the server compromise if OP can talk more about it.

 

[MBG]

They both had valid federal IDs. They only told me what they were seeing in these kinds of cases and asked for no information.

The compromised box was used to telnet to whatever they were investigating. They said they usually ask for a consensual monitoring program to be installed, but because I had already cleaned up the machine in question that they thought it would be a waste of time. Asked me if I could let them know if I noticed anything suspicious. The compromise was from last June, so they were just following up in hopes I maybe had logs going back that far.

 

[E5RANGER375]

The compromise was from last June, so they were just following up in hopes I maybe had logs going back that far.

oh, say no more. i can tell from their SPEEDY RESPONSE they were real feds.

they are also more laid back and less trigger happy than the local cops, so im not suprised you had a good experience while carrying. thanks for sharing your experience with us.

 

[Mike_Indy]

oh, say no more. i can tell from their SPEEDY RESPONSE they were real feds.

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

they are also more laid back and less trigger happy than the local cops, so im not suprised you had a good experience while carrying.

Yeah because all of us dumb hick local cops shoot OC'ers on sight, especially if they are in their own home or business. Come to think of it, I've got to go put another notch in the slide of my Glock. If I shoot many more, I'm going to have to get a new duty gun.

 

[E5RANGER375]

Yeah because all of us dumb hick local cops shoot OC'ers on sight, especially if they are in their own home or business. Come to think of it, I've got to go put another notch in the slide of my Glock. If I shoot many more, I'm going to have to get a new duty gun.

LMAO. not all, not all

 

[Joe Williams]

oh, say no more. i can tell from their SPEEDY RESPONSE they were real feds.

they are also more laid back and less trigger happy than the local cops, so im not suprised you had a good experience while carrying. thanks for sharing your experience with us.

Sitting behind a desk for a chunk of your career, which is what lots of FBI dudes/dudettes do, can make you a tad more laid back than being a patrol cop.

 

[E5RANGER375]

could also have everything to do with the highly advanced regular training they go through too.

 

[Joe Williams]

could also have everything to do with the highly advanced regular training they go through too.

I've worked with them in the past. With the exception of certain relatively small groups, I wasn't impressed, least not as far as their training and tactics go. The Miami shootout showed what book smarts will get you on the street. They are very good detectives, among the best they are. That doesn't make them patrol cops.

 

[E5RANGER375]

I've worked with them in the past. With the exception of certain relatively small groups, I wasn't impressed, least not as far as their training and tactics go. The Miami shootout showed what book smarts will get you on the street. They are very good detectives, among the best they are. That doesn't make them patrol cops.

i see what your saying, i thing them and local cops are lacking in areas that involve training, and im all for giving it to them through taxes (well the local cops) screw the feds, they dont need our money, lol.

i could say more, but im not gonna bash any local cops that try hard

 

[modelflyer2003]

I don't trust them.... Come to think of it, just in case the FBI is monitoring this post: I trust them. Now trust them to do what is another matter.

 

[pathfinder317]

Yeah because all of us dumb hick local cops shoot OC'ers on sight, especially if they are in their own home or business. Come to think of it, I've got to go put another notch in the slide of my Glock. If I shoot many more, I'm going to have to get a new duty gun.

I hear you can get a "steal of a deal" on a new/slightly used Glock around English and Shadeland.
I thought "hick cops" only carried revolvers , and only one bullet in the shirt pocket.

 

[HICKMAN]

Come to think of it, I've got to go put another notch in the slide of my Glock.

HEY!!! Some of us BUY those ya know!!

 

[theweakerbrother]

Why tell them at all?

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

HEY!!! Some of us BUY those ya know!!

Aren't they worth more if there is a body count on them?

 

[6birds]

Aren't they worth more if there is a body count on them?

Body count? I thought the marks were for "shots fired", I heard on the web that you guys can't hit nothin cause of you crappy training? No, really, I heard it on the web!!