Okay, I currently work under our Corp. PI license. I am in the process of obtaining my own, so that I may legally carry and continue to work on Fugitive Recovery.
Anyways, the BSIS states that once you have your Open Exposed permit, that you must carry your pistol in a holster. Further down they state you can not carry a badge (edit: only if you are performing a regulated assignment as a licensed PI), because it might give people the person you are a government official or Police Officer, which you are not.
What is to stop people from calling the police every time I walk down a hall, with a loaded firearm on my hip? Why does the BSIS also state that a Patrol Operator and Guard with Firearm permit wear a uniform? Last time I checked, they wore uniforms looking like police officers, and they all had badges???
Does this make sense to anyone? Is it illegal to wear a badge as a Private Investigator (edit: performing unregulated assignments) in California, and if so where in the law does it state that? Just because the BSIS says it's not appropriate, does not mean it is against the law.
Your insight please.