Posted on 08/17/2007 8:05:26 PM PDT by Copernicus
August 17, 2007
Veteran cop faces criminal charges
By NADIA MOHARIB, SUN MEDIA
Five criminal charges have been laid against a veteran city cop after allegations of trying to make deals for several guns during the 2006 Gun Amnesty Program.
The charges laid yesterday against Const. Dean Pankewicz follow a nearly seven-month criminal investigation.
The 18-year veteran faces charges of trafficking in firearms, possession of a firearm for the purpose of trafficking, breach of trust by a public officer, unauthorized possession of a firearm and hazardous storage of a firearm.
The officer, part of the unit responsible for taking guns being turned in by citizens under the program, allegedly took guns from civilians and had plans to sell them to a gun dealer in Warburg, about 80 km southwest of Edmonton.
Professional standards Insp. Ken Marchant said the successful program saw citizens turn in about 1,200 firearms for destruction and cops have since "accounted for every gun turned over to the gun amnesty program."
Cops seized 41 guns during a search warrant at Pankewicz's home and 10 at a gun shop in Warburg.
Marchant said the bulk of them were long firearms -- mostly used for hunting -- as well as some handguns.
He said the allegations are the officer went, both on-duty and off-duty, to "make deals for firearms" with people turning in the guns.
(Excerpt) Read more at calsun.canoe.ca ...
Best regards to all,
Probably in Canukistan guns must be disassembled and stored at the local club with out ammo.
How much does anyone want to bet that similar things don’t happen all the time in the US ?
I’d be willing to wager that a lot of the really sexy guns (ones that are actually shootable) end up back on the market or in “private” (read: police) collections.
Also I wonder how many of the evil-looking weapons that are displayed (AK’s, MACs, etc.) are “ringers” that have either been borrowed from the police or bought (by people involved in the buy-back) specifically to be turned in and displayed to the media.
Gun “buy-backs” piss me off.
End of rant.
Then take your blood pressure meds before reading this thread
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