AR-15 stolen from unmarked Ramsey County squad car

[sarisataka]

AR-15 stolen from unmarked Ramsey County squad car

Police are investigating after someone broke into a locked Ramsey County sheriff’s office vehicle and stole an AR-15 rifle in St. Louis Park.

St. Louis Park police responded to the reported theft in a third-floor parking ramp at 1600 Utica Ave. on Friday, Jan. 6, at 7:30 p.m.

Ramsey County Sheriff’s Deputy Richard Clark, who was on duty and had been attending a work-related class in the building, told police he’d parked an unmarked sheriff’s office car in the ramp at 12:30 p.m. and found it had been broken into when he returned about 7:30 p.m., according to the sheriff’s office and Jacqueline Larson, St. Louis Park communications manager.

Someone had pried out the front driver side door handle to get into the car. Several items were reported missing, including a department-issued AR-15 rifle with a loaded magazine that had been pried from its secured locked rifle mount. The rifle mount was severely damaged in the process, Larson said. An additional rifle magazine and 9mm handgun magazine were also stolen.

http://www.twincities.com/2017/01/18/ar-15-stolen-from-unmarked-ramsey-county-squad-car/

What sanctions should the department face for not properly securing their weapons...

[scscholar]

1. This is why the thugs in blue can't be trusted with weapons

This happens constantly. Just last month, a cop left a knife in our bathroom at work. A child could have found it.

[linuxman]

4. I take it you didn't find it.

[rickford66]

2. Not much of a "secured locked rifle mount" was it.

Plastic ? Cast white metal? Bicycle lock? Velcro ?

[ManiacJoe]

7. It probably worked great for what it was designed for.

Being left unattended for a whole day was not within the specs.

[oneshooter]

8. And how would you secure the weapon, and still have it available when needed?

We look forward to seeing your design.

[rickford66]

9. I don't really care. I just said it wasn't secure.

[yagotme]

12. Well, actually, it was "secured".

Locked in the automobile, locked in a rack. Locks just keep honest people honest. Give a criminal enough time, he'll break through nearly every type security device.

[rickford66]

13. Maybe secured was the wrong description

se·cure

/səˈkyo͝or/

verb

past tense: secured; past participle: secured

fix or attach (something) firmly so that it cannot be moved or lost.

[yagotme]

14. Secure is proper, per your definition,

except the "cannot be moved" is really hard to implement. If they REALLY wanted the guns, they could tow the whole car somewhere else, and oxy/acetelene them out.

[rickford66]

15. If it was welded in, it would be secured.

So, secured is he wrong description. The weapon was hard to steal but was stolen because it wasn't really secured. Enough fun. You win if you want.

[yagotme]

16. Just pointing out that a determined thief

can bypass all sorts of "security". Like stealing the whole car. No offense intended.

[Throck]

3. Should of had the car locked in the garage.

[Eleanors38]

5. Well, I'll cancel the welder/locksmith appointment & wait for AllNew! gun ban standards.

[Hangingon]

10. I am officially a senior citizen but

I remember the TV coverage of the '86 Miami shootout and the Battle of North Hollywood.

[yagotme]

6. Should have been in the armory...

[aikoaiko]

11. Why would they go to so much trouble when ARs can be found on US streets.

"keep weapons of war—such as assault weapons—off our streets,"

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2016/07/10/in-draft-party-platform-democrats-regress-on-gun-rights/#ixzz4Wiw6wf4k