Posted on 07/15/2023 3:10:14 AM PDT by Salman
During his tumultuous stint as Chicago’s top cop, former police Supt. David Brown often touted the importance of taking guns off the streets.
“Each gun recovered, regardless of how, is a potential life saved,” Brown said at a news conference at police headquarters in June 2022.
Under his watch, the number of gun recoveries jumped as police leaders sought to tamp down spiking violent crime, with cops from the Calumet District helping to lead the charge.
How exactly a group of those officers recovered at least five guns is now being investigated by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, the city’s police oversight agency. In one case, a suspicious seizure was flagged by the FBI.
At least four officers from the Calumet District were relieved of their police powers earlier this year as COPA investigated claims they recovered guns without making arrests, then filed bogus paperwork to cover their tracks.
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And this moron gets paid for platitudes like this???
That used to be normal for cops, I thought the drop gun habit had died out because it was harder to get away with it.
These cops may have wanted to resell the guns or just keep them.
If the are taken from law abiding citizens licenced and responsible its ok, thugs and gangbangers no
If criminals can't get guns, they'll use something else.
Guns can also save lives, and often do. So every gun seized is another potential innocent life lost.
He’s gone now. The search is on for a new anti-gun toady.
One of my friend’s late father was a Texas Ranger. One day he opened his safe to show me all he guns his dad confiscated over the years... All capable of doing damage to anyone on the business end, but none worthy of showing off or depending on everyday. I think most of the guns represented an arrest that wasn’t made and hopefully lives that changed to the better for not having to go through the justice system.
I guess I can understand CHICAGO cops taking guns from law-abiding citizens. Trying to take them away from gang bangers and criminals is sort of risky.
Low IQ individual with token credentials
Gotta love ChiCongo.
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