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US Park Police Lost Thousands of Weapons |
2013-06-28 |
The U.S. Park Police has lost track of thousands of handguns, rifles and machine guns in what a government watchdog agency concluded is the latest example of mismanagement on a police force trusted to protect millions of visitors to the city's iconic monuments. There is no indication that police guns got into the hands of criminals, but the Office of the Inspector General for the U.S. Department of the Interior warned that the Park Police might not know if they had. Right. Lost means no one knows where they are. In a scathing report, the authors said there is "credible evidence of conditions that would allow for theft and misuse of firearms, and the ability to conceal the fact if weapons were missing." "Commanders up to and including the chief of police have a lackadaisical attitude toward firearms management," wrote the deputy inspector general. "Historical evidence indicates that the indifference is a product of years of inattention to administrative detail." |
Posted by:Bobby |
#9 Squirrel ! |
Posted by: Elmaque Chuque4714 2013-06-28 22:21 |
#8 WTH do they mean, machine gun? Anyways gun snatchers, these would be the groups who grab the guns, and then the guns disappear. Not destroyed, simply vanished. Answer that one. |
Posted by: swksvolFF 2013-06-28 11:00 |
#7 The same Park Police that patrol Ft. Marcy Park? |
Posted by: Pappy 2013-06-28 10:19 |
#6 - sub - Hunt for Red October |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-06-28 10:16 |
#5 "You've lost another thousand rifles, Yuri?" /obscure? |
Posted by: Raj 2013-06-28 09:30 |
#4 Our Park Police - supporting the right for bears to be armed. |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-06-28 09:26 |
#3 Hand receipted to the BATF were they ? |
Posted by: Besoeker 2013-06-28 09:01 |
#2 Frankly, I'd be worried about the wild life in the areas where the Park Police have lost these weapons, lest we see ;-) |
Posted by: Au Auric 2013-06-28 08:53 |
#1 Park Police need machine guns? |
Posted by: Deacon Blues 2013-06-28 07:55 |