I want to give you a tip that has helped me *so far* to stay out of trouble from the cops. If you are walking around outside *further then a block or two from your house* NEVER EVER EVER EVER take your bowl with you, roll a joint or a blunt.
I go by this rule for 2 reasons:
-There have been times where cops have rolled up, and i have just pinched the cherry with my fingers and ate the joint.... it hurts like hell and you think you are going to get sick, but the dirty coppers never can do anything to me
-If a cop rolls up on you while you are hitting the bowl, your only real chance is to toss it, the problem is, if you are smoking a bowl, chances are you also have you sack on you so you can pack it up a few times, so now you have to toss 2 different things, and the chances that a cop wont see the direction you throw atleast one of them is slim to none *plus, who wants to toss their bowl and have it break*