Posted on 09/23/2023 2:39:12 AM PDT by Libloather
Philadelphia's sheriff on Thursday disputed a city controller report that determined that the sheriff's office couldn't account for 185 guns that the controller's office says are missing.
Sheriff Rochelle Bilal said at a news conference that the controller's report released earlier this week contained "misleading statements," and she questioned the controller's review.
Acting City Controller Charles Edacheril said his office conducted the review as a follow-up to a 2020 report that found the sheriff’s office couldn’t account for more than 200 weapons. That report stated that the office had haphazard recordkeeping practices and unclear procedures regarding the handling of guns.
Some of the missing guns were part of the sheriff’s office’s arsenal and others were confiscated from people subject to protection-from-abuse orders.
Bilal, who took office in 2020, said earlier this year that her department had accounted for all but 20 of the guns cited in the 2020 report, and they were either located or found to have been disposed of or sold.
The controller, though, notified the sheriff's office on Wednesday that there wasn’t sufficient evidence to account for 76 of its guns and 109 weapons that were surrendered to the office.
For example, 46 guns that were reported as "found" had supposedly been traded or burned. However, the only documentation offered for 36 of them was they were on a list of weapons in a folder labeled "Weapons Burn List" that did not include details such as when or where they were disposed of, the report stated.
The controller still considers the 185 guns unaccounted for and recommended that the office report them to police as missing.
On Thursday, Bilal said her office submitted a 159-page response regarding the guns on June 8 that included details of her office's investigation...
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Is it a LAW that EVERY big city MUST have a BLACK WOMAN as the head COP?
It’s always them, Boo Boo.
These are the folks who want to tell you how to safely store your firearms.
Given away or sold to "brothers" on the street?
"Can't-find-your-ass-with-both-hands" incompetence? (Don't know where all the pens went, either. . .)
Or just hitting the Snickers bars so much of the time (by the look of her) that nothing else matters by the time she reports for work at 10 a.m.?
Sounds like a good place for Kamala to start looking for solutions to “gun violence.”
She got 40% of the votes in a Democrat primary...two black women running against a black male incumbent. She then ran unopposed in the general election.
EVERY BIG CITY is run by Democrats!
Throw downs.
EC
Is it a LAW that EVERY big city MUST have a BLACK WOMAN as the head COP?
No, just the ones run by corrupt, incompetent Democrats and which are riddled with crime.
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Name a couple of big cities that are not run by democrats.
And, dress like "Festerman"...
Are the missing guns nice ones? Field grade shotguns, top shelf quality weapons, collectibles? If yes then look in the collections of LEO’s and judges.
She knows where ALL the guns are. In the ‘hood where they are needed.
I stopped reading when I got to “her”. That said it all.
Simple..., the less sophisticated LEOs merely couldn't keep the books straight. The LEO Pros take the time to substitute the "Crap Guns" for those of value that are taken (few admittedly) and the "books balance". Dark Humor..., many are recycled through "Gun Buy-Backs" for a few extra bucks...
Philadelphia couldn’t find a white guy?
Yep it’s Philadelphia all right
Presumably the auditors missed this entry in Bilal’s records:
“Firearms lost in tragic Delaware River boating accident: 185”
The Seeief in Philly only controls the Courts.
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