Officer loses rifle

[djmefitz]

NH police searching for rifle after officer loses track of it while on duty
http://wfxt.m0bl.net/r/22dejg

 

[xtry51]

Sound made up to anyone else? You wouldn't see a rifle bag sitting on the trunk in your mirror??

 

[allen-1]

If you find this, please return it to me.

K-thx.

 

[one-eyed Jack]

I did that once with a pizza. Left it on the roof of the car and took off. Does that make it a patrol pizza? Jack.

 

[ColdDayInHell]

Sound made up to anyone else? You wouldn't see a rifle bag sitting on the trunk in your mirror??

One would think so, but derp cops wouldn't

If you find this, please return it to me.

K-thx.

And then be charged with a felony.

 

[Alex9661]

Sound made up to anyone else? You wouldn't see a rifle bag sitting on the trunk in your mirror??

Sounds plausible to me. A lot of modern cars (IDK what they use for cruisers) have a very limited visibility in the rearview mirror. It was a soft bag, not much thicker than a naked rifle. With a mirror being out of adjustment because the guy on the previous shift was much taller, the bag could've been invisible. The cop started driving, realized he couldn't see crap in his mirror, adjusted it, but the rifle was already gone.

 

[dhuze]

officers will pick up the gun with no questions asked.

What? You mean instead of treating the person who found it like a criminal?

 

[cockpitbob]

More coverage of story.

In a press release, Salem Police said, "We fully understand the significant public safety risk posed by the loss of this rifle. "

Yup, it's going to go on its own killing spree as soon as it figures out how to unzip itself from the case.



It's going to be a little hard to sell.

a Colt M4 Commando 5.56mm semi-automatic only patrol carbine with an 11.5 inch barrel. There is also a "Restricted Government/Law Enforcement/Export Use Only" stamp on the lower receiver.

 

[yanici]

As a kid my friends always followed the rule of, "Finders, keepers. Losers, weepers." Just sayin'

 

[Palladin]

Colt M4 SBR


lovely

 

[sweed]

If no one has called yet, then I'm guessing someone just got a free rifle... I read it has an 11.5" barrel so they better apply for their tax stamp for their SBR

 

[one-eyed Jack]

How could it be more of a public safety risk than any other AR? Jack.

 

[PaulR]

I normally don't play this card but: How come when they have one, it's a "patrol rifle" and when we have one it's called an assault rifle?

 

[mattyw]

it's ok guys, he feels bad

"We are embarrassed as an agency and no one feels worse than the officer who lost the bag. We will conduct and internal investigation into the matter as well as review our practices to ensure that this event does not occur again."

we can let it go now

 

[Hoover]

More coverage of story. Yup, it's going to go on its own killing spree as soon as it figures out how to unzip itself from the case.



It's going to be a little hard to sell.

The pieces won't be. Chop it like a car.

 

[ToddDubya]

Just great. This is how guns end up on the street.

 

[Hoover]

I normally don't play this card but: How come when they have one, it's a "patrol rifle" and when we have one it's called an assault rifle?

They didn't even mention how it's the semi version of the scary 'military assault rifle', etc.

 

[PaulR]

I feel bad for all the NESers who want to sell their Colt M4's in the next ohhhh, 3 years.

 

[SpencerT]

Where do the keep the rifles in the patrol car? I would think it would be up near the driver no? One would think that he would notice that it wasn't in the car but I've left cups of coffee on the roof and drove off more times than I care to admit.

As as bad as it is it wouldnt surprise me if it was just a dumb a$$ mistake.

 

[Varmint]

Sound made up to anyone else? You wouldn't see a rifle bag sitting on the trunk in your mirror??

My wife always puts her hair brush on my trunk, and I drive off. Then she makes me search the neighborhood for the brush. We've gone through 4 hairbrushes that way.

So yeah, I think the story is legit.

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Question for the lawyers, is it proper storage to put your rifle on your roof, as long as you're a LEO?

Oh wait, this was in NH, never mind.

 

[OCB]

Eotech? No, there wasn't an Eotech on the rifle when I found it.

 

[Gman021]

He'll end up getting a promotion.

 

[Varmint]

Wouldn't you think this would likely get returned? I would think most people who found it would not want to keep it.

 

[ochmude]

Sound made up to anyone else? You wouldn't see a rifle bag sitting on the trunk in your mirror??

Stranger things have happened. A coworker of mine left his spike strips on top of his patrol truck once as he was doing his pre-shift inspection, and he forgot them there. They slid out into the road as he turned out of the parking lot, fell out of the case, deployed perfectly, and he got a textbook four-tire spike on the next vehicle out of the lot.

Where do the keep the rifles in the patrol car? I would think it would be up near the driver no? One would think that he would notice that it wasn't in the car but I've left cups of coffee on the roof and drove off more times than I care to admit.

As as bad as it is it wouldnt surprise me if it was just a dumb a$$ mistake.

I'm guessing he kept it in the trunk. If he was keeping it in the bag as mentioned in the article, I'm not sure where he'd put that up front.

 

[Chet0729]

Wonder if it was loaded or if there was ammo in the bag with it.

 

[slugworth]

Jesus.....

Nothing will happen to him..

 

[bigblue]

Wonder if it was loaded or if there was ammo in the bag with it.

Based on what I have seen first hand, I'm surprised it was in a bag at all and not just leaning on the seat next to him. As far as being loaded and/or with ammo ... it wouldn't be much good otherwise.

 

[DrBurnsides]

They stated here
http://www.boston.com/news/local/ne...uPzIcO/story.html?p1=Topofpage:sub_headline_2

That there would be BATF penalties.. Does that mean that this colt has a 3 position safety/selector switch?

 

[ochmude]

They stated here
http://www.boston.com/news/local/ne...uPzIcO/story.html?p1=Topofpage:sub_headline_2

That there would be BATF penalties.. Does that mean that this colt has a 3 position safety/selector switch?

Probably the fact that it's an SBR is what they're referring to.

 

[Gillham]

Mmmmm SBR.

Boating accident?