Hundreds of DHS badges, guns, cell phones lost or stolen since 2012

FoxNews.com ^ | January 27, 2016 | By Adam Shaw

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• ,a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/01/27/hundreds-dhs-badges-guns-cell-phones-lost-or-stolen-since-2012.html">Hundreds of DHS badges, guns, cell phones lost or stolen since 2012

  Hundreds of badges, credentials, cell phones and guns belonging to Department of Homeland Security employees have been lost or stolen in recent years -- raising serious security concerns about the potential damage these missing items could do in the wrong hands.

  Inventory reports, obtained by the news site Complete Colorado and shared with FoxNews.com, show that over 1,300 badges, 165 firearms and 589 cell phones were lost or stolen over the span of 31 months between 2012 and 2015.

  The majority of the credentials belonged to employees of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), while others belonged to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) employees.

  The lost or stolen guns also mostly belonged to CBP employees, though others were cited as belonging to TSA and ICE workers. The agencies all fall under DHS.

  The missing badges and guns suggest a shocking lack of security from federal law enforcement officers and represent a significant security risk, experts say.

[Mastador1]

There is a word missing from the headline...........SOLD.

[rockinqsranch]

It would be a PIA, but have every DHS employee check in, and verify possession of all government articles prior to ending of shift, or on a daily basis regardless. It can be done.

Shouldn’t be necessary IF said employees were being properly screened prior to employment, but screening seems to be a weakness in our Democrat run government.

[MeganC]

I hear you can get some good deals on that stuff on eBay.

[G Larry]

What percentage of DHS agents are failed rent-a-cops, or just plain incompetent?

I’m betting on 50%.

[RetiredTexasVet]

And to think these clowns are “supposedly” protecting our nation and they can’t even protect their IDs, guns and badges.

[Up Yours Marxists]

So does this mean if a fake agent comes to my house I can pull a “Biden” on them and still be in the clear?

[CyberAnt]

But, if they really were defending the USA; each person who is issued a badge and a gun .. would also be issued a warning they would be required to sign; which states: If I lose my badge or my weapon, I WILL PAY TO HAVE THEM REPLACED AT A COST OF $_______.

Most likely, that would stop the majority of the losses. But, being DemocRATS, they don’t think of that because it’s not their money .. IT’S OURS .. and they don’t care if they spend it.

[odawg]

That means one thing only — the Kenyan is accomplishing his purpose and this country is going to get hit so hard it will be incomprehensible. And all the people in charge just hold their hands and look at each other.

[JimRed]

To put a positive spin on it, maybe the RESISTANCE is getting those weapons, badges and phones from DHS.