Posted on 03/17/2010 2:54:44 PM PDT by JoeProBono
PEWAUKEE, Wis., March 17 (UPI) -- Officials in a Wisconsin city that disbanded its police department late last year said officers left behind 58,000 rounds of ammunition.
Pewaukee officials said the Police Department left behind 58,000 rounds of handgun, rifle and shotgun ammunition when it disbanded at the end of 2009, and administrators said they are looking into why so much ammunition was required for a 25-officer force, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Wednesday.
"It seems like it is way in excess of what you would need," Mayor Scott Klein said. "It begs the question of why it got up to so much and why would you continue to purchase it."
A Waukesha County sheriff's lieutenant said a department of the city's size would require less than 11,000 rounds of ammunition a year.
However, former police officer Robert Kraemer said the department regularly used about 30,000 rounds per year on four training shoots and much of the leftover ammo was likely from two shoots that were canceled because of budget shortfalls.
City Administrator Tammy LaBorde said officials are working to identify all of the ammunition to get an accurate estimate of value for selling the leftovers. Officials estimated the sale could bring the city up to $14,000.
I got first dibs.
Dang it.
There’s probably more than that in some FReepers’ ammo lockers.
I’d be more than happy to take a few thousand rounds off their hands!!
Practice makes perfect, you know what I mean?
(apolgies to Billy Joel)
Sing me a song, I’m the Ammo Man!
Heads up for anyone who wants cheap AR-15 and handgun ammo!
I ain't telling...........
That is 193 rounds per officer assuming they were required to put in range time once a month if viewed as a year’s supply. This isn’t even an adequate supply for a whole year so hopefully it was a six month supply.
The mayor is clueless.
Well, let’s do the math. That’s 2000 practice ammo per officer and then 8000 ammo to have on hand for the entire force. I don’t see why anyone would see this as excessive. How often do police practice and how much ammo do they use. I have no experience with it, but it seems perfectly logical to me.
Hey, my grandfather used to live in Pewaukee!
I used to play in the park next to his home.
Too weird!
Maybe there were a lot of dangerous dogs in their jurisdiction?
Wait til they see the cabinets full of blank traffic ticket forms!
Police send drugs to resale shop
DALLAS, March 17 (UPI) — Dallas police said an old file cabinet sent from a police property room to a local resale store was full of drugs when shop workers opened it.
Ixnay on the ugsdray, opshay orkersway!
Shhhhh...
“It seems like it is way in excess of what you would need,”
I want that ammo.
Why?
Because, there is no overkill, there is only open fire and reload.
And what’s with the “Need” part of that?
Didn’t they last year state that the law enforcement agencies “NEED” bazillions of rounds of ammo ‘just in case’?
But, it is nice for once to see that “need” herring aimed at someone other than a citizen.
Only 58,000, I might be over stocked then.
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