Posted on 04/22/2014 12:51:41 PM PDT by BenLurkin
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Police confirm guns and badges were stolen from a high school locker room in Boyle Heights during an officers’ charity football game.
A LAPD football team was playing officers from San Diego Saturday at Salesian High School when someone got into the locker room and rifled through the gym bags of the San Diego officers.
Detectives say three handguns were taken along with jewelry, watches and badges.
There was no sign of forced entry, leading detectives to think the locker room door was mistakenly left open.
The investigation is ongoing.
:: Why was there not a policeman stationed outside the locker rooms? ::
Because there were so many on the football field, they thought, “What could go wrong!?!”
Your tax dollars at work by the best and the brightest LA has to offer.
This is why cops should not be trusted with firearms! I would never leave a gun in a gym bag in a locker room. When I get my oil changed, I take the gun out of the car even though I have eyes on the car the during the whole oil change.
Maybe those cops just need to turn in their guns.
I know several...one retired at 50 and went and purchased a 45 acre ranch. He now has to find a way to get by on $80,000 a year on his government retirement pension.
Bishop Mora Salesian High School - a boys Catholic high school, college prep, heavily Hispanic area.
This sounds similar to Catholic schools I’ve encountered and I’ve had more stuff stolen from Catholic campuses than any other places. You’d be surprised who does it - gardeners, janitors, handymen, etc. are the more usual suspects than the kids; at least this is my experience.
They were having this event in Boyle Heights and no one thought to have some kind of security on the locker rooms? Cripes I won’t even drive through Boyle Heights, just the wrong freekin color to be there.
Theft occurring in Boyle Heights? Whoulda thunkit.
There’s never a cop around when you need one....................
I had a semi-girlfriend many years ago that I was sharing with a San Diego cop. One day she absconded with a gun she obtained from his apartment. She was at large with it for most of a day before he located her and got it back. Police were not alerted. He called me to ask if I knew where she was. I didn’t.
Criminal Storage
“Criminal storage of firearm of the first degree” – Keeping any loaded firearm within any premises
that are under your custody or control and you know or reasonably should know that a child (any
person under 18) is likely to gain access to the firearm without the permission of the child’s
parent or legal guardian and the child obtains access to the firearm and thereby causes death or
great bodily injury to himself, herself, or any other person . (Pen . Code, § 25100, subd . (a) .)
“Criminal storage of firearm of the second degree” – Keeping any loaded firearm within any premises
that are under your custody or control and you know or reasonably should know that a child (any
person under 18) is likely to gain access to the firearm without the permission of the child’s
parent or legal guardian and the child obtains access to the firearm and thereby causes injury,
other than great bodily injury, to himself, herself, or any other person, or carries the firearm
either to a public place or in violation of Penal Code section 417 . (Pen . Code, § 25100, subd .
(b) .)
Think anyone will be disciplined? Say like the FBI clowns that investigated the Boston bomber brothers.
Or Locked in their trunks, my understanding is LAPD purchased secure storage in the back of every cruiser to prevent this sort of thing.
I can’t find the link, but I saw these bolted safes where you put the pistol barrel onto a rod and pulled back the receiver to latch it into place. Once on there, the key is removable and your pistol is secure.
I certainly hope the local authorities remember the “Criminal Storage” provisions of the law should any destructive use of the stolen firearms occur.
On a happier note, at least the low IQ law enforcement officers made it home safely. And that’s the most important thing.
Not until after they have done their first “desk pop.”
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