Two Dozen Guns Somehow Walked Out Of A DC Police Evidence Locker, Half To Be Used In Other Crimes

dailycaller.com ^ | 2/19/2016 | Steve Birr and Josh Fatzick

[rktman]

More than two dozen firearms that were supposed to be in the custody of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) somehow made their way back to the streets and were used in other crimes, documents obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation appear to show.

An internal memo from the D.C. Department of Forensic Sciences (DFS) reveals 24 guns police confiscated between 2005 and 2012 vanished from the MPD evidence locker and were later confiscated yet again in other crimes. One of the weapons reappeared in a murder, while several others were used to commit violent crimes

[rktman]

Well, someone needs to pass legislation to close this 'evidence room loophole'. But, how come there's any handguns in d.c. in the first place.

[Pearls Before Swine]

But, how come there's any handguns in d.c. in the first place.

If they are there, they are there illegally. That's a start. /S

[Mouton]

Maybe those guys who worked on the French Connection case are now working in DC??

[gogeo]

Declare DC a gun-free zone.

[Dilbert San Diego]

Are there corrupt people working in the District??? Just a thought......

[MileHi]

What would DC do to you if your handgun was stolen and turned up at a murder scene? Will they do the same to themselves?

[DoughtyOne]

Triggered by their predicament, and fearing for their safety, they took stock of things and barreled it on out of there at a pretty good clip, almost like a bullet.

[albie]

This wouldn’t have happened if the evidence locker was a gun free zone!!

[albie]

Darn. Didn’t see your comment on gun free zones.

[silverleaf]

If the entire chain of command of that evidence locker was FIRED it might be a good start

never gonna happen

[Farmer Dean]

Just some cop enhancing his retirement plan.Happens in every city in the country.

[IMR 4350]

In the late 1970s I worked with a guy that had probably 1000 guns from the Houston police dept property room.

One of the guns he had was the 1927 Thompson a guy I went to HS with used to shoot up a chicken farm and kill hundreds of chickens just for kicks.

[crusher2013]

When guns are outlawed they will just walk themselves out of the evidence room!

[dp0622]

that’s nothing. 5 billion walked out of Hillary’s state dept account :)

[r_barton]

Remember the movie “The French Connection” about a huge heroin bust. Well something like 55-lbs of that bust disappeared from the evidence locker in New York Police Headquarters in the 1970’s. So nothing new.

More French Connection’ Heroin Taken From Cops - Lodi News-Sentinel - Dec 15, 1972
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sGczAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TzIHAAAAIBAJ&pg=6646%2C3926586

[Kenton]

Police and politicians tend to enter their careers full of the aspiration to help their communities. Unfortunately, both careers eventually expose them to many opportunities to bend the rules, to go along to get along, and to pick up "a little extra on the side" by misusing their authority.

Eventually, they come to accept corruption as a way of life. Stuff goes missing from evidence lockers all the time, and the evidence lockers are completely under control of the cops. This story isn't all that surprising. We need to keep a close eye out on all these "public servants", who seem to have more money than those they serve.

[detective]

The only solution is to pass laws confiscating guns from law abiding citizens.

That will solve the problem.

Do I even need a sarc tag?

[hal ogen]

Hey...it was 6 billion.

[dp0622]

I forgot rounding :)

How did that NOT become a HUGE investigation with the FBI and congress???!!!

6 billion!!!!

what was the first congress paid? anyone know?

[hal ogen]

We “lived” in the WDC area for 30+ years before escaping that LIB hell-hole. That’s just how it goes there. Disgusting.