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Disbanded police leave 58,000 rounds
upi ^ | March. 17, 2010

Posted on 03/17/2010 2:54:44 PM PDT by JoeProBono

PEWAUKEE, Wis., March 17 (UPI) -- Officials in a Wisconsin city that disbanded its police department late last year said officers left behind 58,000 rounds of ammunition.

Pewaukee officials said the Police Department left behind 58,000 rounds of handgun, rifle and shotgun ammunition when it disbanded at the end of 2009, and administrators said they are looking into why so much ammunition was required for a 25-officer force, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Wednesday.

"It seems like it is way in excess of what you would need," Mayor Scott Klein said. "It begs the question of why it got up to so much and why would you continue to purchase it."

A Waukesha County sheriff's lieutenant said a department of the city's size would require less than 11,000 rounds of ammunition a year.

However, former police officer Robert Kraemer said the department regularly used about 30,000 rounds per year on four training shoots and much of the leftover ammo was likely from two shoots that were canceled because of budget shortfalls.

City Administrator Tammy LaBorde said officials are working to identify all of the ammunition to get an accurate estimate of value for selling the leftovers. Officials estimated the sale could bring the city up to $14,000.


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1 posted on 03/17/2010 2:54:44 PM PDT by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono

I got first dibs.


2 posted on 03/17/2010 2:56:27 PM PDT by davetex (Arm up, Ammo up, Practice up, We're on our own.)
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To: davetex

Dang it.


3 posted on 03/17/2010 2:57:35 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Joe Brower; Squantos; Travis McGee; SLB

There’s probably more than that in some FReepers’ ammo lockers.


4 posted on 03/17/2010 2:58:39 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (No Representation without Taxation!)
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To: JoeProBono

I’d be more than happy to take a few thousand rounds off their hands!!


5 posted on 03/17/2010 2:59:11 PM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: davetex
That's about a weeks worth at my house.

Practice makes perfect, you know what I mean?

6 posted on 03/17/2010 3:00:12 PM PDT by exnavy (May the Lord grant our troops protection and endurance.)
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To: JoeProBono

(apolgies to Billy Joel)

Sing me a song, I’m the Ammo Man!


7 posted on 03/17/2010 3:00:27 PM PDT by rahbert
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Heads up for anyone who wants cheap AR-15 and handgun ammo!


8 posted on 03/17/2010 3:01:01 PM PDT by Thunder90 (Fighting for truth and the American way... http://citizensfortruthandtheamericanway.blogspot.com/)
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To: FreedomPoster
Ha!!

I ain't telling...........

9 posted on 03/17/2010 3:02:15 PM PDT by Osage Orange (A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity. - Sigmund Freud)
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To: JoeProBono

That is 193 rounds per officer assuming they were required to put in range time once a month if viewed as a year’s supply. This isn’t even an adequate supply for a whole year so hopefully it was a six month supply.

The mayor is clueless.


10 posted on 03/17/2010 3:03:58 PM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: JoeProBono

Well, let’s do the math. That’s 2000 practice ammo per officer and then 8000 ammo to have on hand for the entire force. I don’t see why anyone would see this as excessive. How often do police practice and how much ammo do they use. I have no experience with it, but it seems perfectly logical to me.


11 posted on 03/17/2010 3:04:42 PM PDT by proudtobeanamerican1 (Prayers Up! It's our last defense!)
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To: JoeProBono

Hey, my grandfather used to live in Pewaukee!
I used to play in the park next to his home.

Too weird!


12 posted on 03/17/2010 3:04:44 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: JoeProBono

Maybe there were a lot of dangerous dogs in their jurisdiction?


13 posted on 03/17/2010 3:06:21 PM PDT by Former War Criminal (My senior Senator (who served in Vietnam) said so.)
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To: JoeProBono

Wait til they see the cabinets full of blank traffic ticket forms!


14 posted on 03/17/2010 3:10:11 PM PDT by relictele
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To: relictele

Police send drugs to resale shop
DALLAS, March 17 (UPI) — Dallas police said an old file cabinet sent from a police property room to a local resale store was full of drugs when shop workers opened it.


15 posted on 03/17/2010 3:11:34 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono
Dallas police said an old file cabinet sent from a police property room to a local resale store was full of drugs when shop workers opened it.

Ixnay on the ugsdray, opshay orkersway!

16 posted on 03/17/2010 3:14:16 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: JoeProBono

——more—same subject—

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2472794/posts


17 posted on 03/17/2010 3:19:29 PM PDT by rellimpank (--don't believe anything the MSM tells you about firearms or explosives--NRA Benefactor)
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To: FreedomPoster

Shhhhh...


18 posted on 03/17/2010 3:20:21 PM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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To: JoeProBono

“It seems like it is way in excess of what you would need,”

I want that ammo.
Why?
Because, there is no overkill, there is only open fire and reload.
And what’s with the “Need” part of that?
Didn’t they last year state that the law enforcement agencies “NEED” bazillions of rounds of ammo ‘just in case’?
But, it is nice for once to see that “need” herring aimed at someone other than a citizen.


19 posted on 03/17/2010 3:24:18 PM PDT by Darksheare (Windows Se7en: It's called "seven" for a reason.)
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To: Squantos

Only 58,000, I might be over stocked then.


20 posted on 03/17/2010 3:24:45 PM PDT by jimpick
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