LF: Seattle Police 'embarrassed' after rifle left on cruiser

Title: Seattle Police 'embarrassed' after rifle left on cruiser
Source: KATU2
URL Source: http://www.katu.com/news/local/124671104.html#
Published: Jun 29, 2011
Author: KOMO Staff & News Services
Post Date: 2011-06-29 13:40:27 by Hondo68
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Keywords: left a police rifle unattended, cleaning out his patrol car, have additional training
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This photo provided by Nick Gonzales shows a police rifle left unattended on a patrol car outside a busy downtown area on Tuesday, June 28, 2011, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Nick Gonzales)

SEATTLE - A Seattle police spokesman says the department is "embarrassed" after officers left a police rifle unattended on top of a parked patrol car in a busy downtown area.

Sgt. Sean Whitcomb said the department has launched an investigation and will be reviewing its policies that deal with securing weapons.

Two good Samaritans spotted the rifle on the parked car, Whitcomb said. One flagged down bicycle officers to alert them, and the other tracked down the driver and told the officer a rifle was on top of the trunk.

Whitcomb added the driver of the patrol car "was not far, but was not within immediate control of the car."

A source told KATU's sister-station KOMO that the officer who is assigned to the rifle was cleaning out his patrol car inside the garage of the West Precinct on Monday. The officer set the rifle on the trunk of a nearby patrol car, got distracted and ended up leaving the gun on the vehicle.

Another officer assigned to that car got drove out of the garage for a shift on Tuesday and made it a few blocks before the citizens notified the officer of the gun on the trunk, the source said.

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

Whitcomb said 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.

He added leaving a rifle unattended is a policy violation, but not a violation of the law.

Well it's not HIS rifle, the taxpayers will buy another if it gets lost. (1 image)

Competence in the government sector went straight down to nil since 2009. Not to mention the support offered to that sector by the usual libtard cheerleaders is a joke. Rigged polls and stock brokers fucking off all day on message boards.