(Here's) my AR, take it please

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SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle police spokesman says the department is embarrassed after officers left a police rifle unattended on a patrol car outside a busy downtown area. Spokesman Sgt. Sean Whitcomb says the department has launched an investigation.

Whitcomb says two people spotted the rifle on the parked car. One flagged down bicycle officers to alert them. The other followed the cruiser as it drove through downtown Seattle and tracked down the driver after the car parked.

The alternative weekly The Stranger first reported the incident, posting a picture that shows the rifle sitting on top of the trunk.

Whitcomb says such rifles are assigned only to officers who have additional training. They're usually kept in the trunk or between the driver and passenger seats

http://news.yahoo.com/seattle-police-leave-rifle-unattended-cruiser-200350389.html

Whitcomb says such rifles are assigned only to officers who have additional training.

NOT


 

[tt11758]

With the patrol car's license number and unit number both clearly visible in the pic, this SHOULD be the shortest investigation in the history of law enforcement.  Unless, of course, what they're investigating is how to cover their a$$es.

While I will admit to laying my keys, watch, cell phone or glasses somewhere and forgetting to pick them up, I have never mislaid an AR. 

Musta been close to closing time at the doughnut shop.

[PegLeg45]

Now where the heck did I park my tank? 

[2HOW]

Brilliant, and were the incompetent schmucks, RIGHT 

[Pecos Bill]

Come on guys, they had extra training to know how to keep the rifle on the trunk while they drove around the city.

Pecos

[Sponsor]

[TAB]

you know what, thats grounds for firing right there on the spot.

I had a cousin that was a "g man"  The one thing he always talked about his job was:

"If I lost my gun, I lost my job."


Why or when that changed I don't know, but its a damn good policy.

[bulldog75]

Plain dumb. 

[Big Frank]

The " finders keepers" rule applies here.  

[Ichiban]

Maybe it's a local version of "Fast & furious."

[Ping]

The officer made a serious mistake. They said on CNN that the squad car went to a local Starbucks. I am sure this officer is going to get suspended, but he should not lose his job. People make mistakes. I am sure he feels like a dumbass cause it is all over the news.