--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Jack Pitzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Articles like this make AP look terrible. It's just one long running
joke.
>
>
> Asbury Park cop loses gun
> BY NANCY SHIELDS COASTAL MONMOUTH BUREAU JANUARY 8, 2008
>
>
>
> ASBURY PARK City police Sgt. Amir Bercovicz can't find his gun and
reported it missing
> when he came to work at 4 p.m. Monday, Police Chief Mark Kinmon said
today.
>
> Kinmon said Bercovicz had his gun when he left work at 10 p.m.
Sunday. He realized it
> was missing Monday afternoon.
>
> "It's embarrassing - embarrassing for him and for us,'' Kinmon said.
"It is a vital piece of
> equipment, and we take every precauation to ensure things like this
don't happen. We're
> doing everything we can to locate the gun and get it back. We're
working with him to
> retrace his steps.''
>
> Kinmon said police are entering information about the lost gun in
the national computer
> network to let other law enforcement agencies know.
>
There MUST be a regulation for this? If not, there should be. If it is
not carried on the person off duty it should be in a secure lock box.
Sorry to be cruel, but there has to be some sort of consequence to pay
for carelessness with a firearm by a uniformed officer.
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