Officer Leaves Gun On The Back Of Squad Car And Drives Off
BY Herschel Smith
8 years, 1 month ago
A cased rifle belonging to an officer with the Madison Police Department has been returned.
Officials say on Thursday the officer placed the gun on the back of his squad car, which he was about to drive from a MPD parking garage on Fairchild Street to the nearby City County Building.
The officer inadvertently forgot to move the cased weapon back into the squad, and it fell off into the roadway in the 200 block of South Hamilton Street. Realizing what had happened, the officer immediately went back to retrieve the case, only to find someone had picked it up.
According to police, on Friday the person who found the weapon was located.
Gosh, I hate it when that happens to me. I simply cannot tell you the number of guns I’ve lost by sitting them on the trunk of the car and driving off.
Fortunately for him, they were apparently found by a law abiding citizen. On the other hand, what’s the loss if not? The taxpayers foot the bill for everything. It’s not like it doesn’t happen to LEOs everywhere, right?
On October 3, 2016 at 12:34 pm, Jack Crabb said:
Wow, if The Only One’s can’t handle their weapons properly, how are we mundanes supposed to handle our assault weapons?? /sarc