Police in Small Wisconsin City Want Residents to Volunteer to Have Their Homes Searched for Guns

WPR, Blaze ^ | December 8, 2014 | By Gilman Halsted on WPR, Jason Howerton on Blaze

[Roman_War_Criminal]

Police in Beloit, Wisconsin, want residents to volunteer to let officers search their homes for firearms as part of a new initiative that officials believe will help reduce gun violence.

Beloit Police Chief Norm Jacobs told Wisconsin Public Radio that officers will mostly be looking for guns in homes that residents might not even be aware of. “That’s really what we’re looking for. Maybe we’ll find a toy gun that’s been altered by a youngster in the house — and we know the tragedies that can occur there on occasion,” he added.

Jacobs also told WPR that “gun violence is as serious as the Ebola virus.” The home searches, he argued, are similar to a vaccine to strengthen the city’s immune system, the report stated.

That being said, the police chief admitted he isn’t anticipating a stampede of residents eager to have their homes searched.

In 2014, there have reportedly been seven gun-related homicides in Beloit. Most have victims have been teenagers or men in their 20s.

[mountn man]

Let me think . . . . . NO!

I imagine, anybody not "volunteering" will be given special police protection or oversight.

[Gaffer]

I’d at least a little bit of a warning - so I could pull out the black tips.

[txnativegop]

Yes you do.

Paper clips, rubber tubing (if you have any), glass bowls with stems.

All of these things, and many more, are considered drug-use related items. In most jurisdictions such possession is a felony.

I have never a cop who would turn such a bust for any reason.
It makes them look good.

[TexasCajun]

Ya think Norm has ever changed shirts & lost his bullet?

[LegendHasIt]

Glad I don’t live there.

I’d run out of breath before I ran out of profanities I’d be shouting at them.

[lonevoice]

The benevolent police dept of Beloit, Wisconsin has kindly offered to search your home for you in case you have guns that you don’t know you have. So generous!!

[cableguymn]

Oh heeeellllll no.

Optional today. Manditory tomorrow.

[BCable]

“Oh look honey what I found under the sofa...its an AK47 I believe with one of those big banana clip things. I wonder where that came from? We really do need to clean up more often.”

[Roman_War_Criminal]

That jacket looks a few sizes too large for him.
He reminds me of a character in an Adam Sandler film.

[Impala64ssa]

[txnativegop]

without a doubt.

[TYVets]

The drug dealers are invite them in with open arms?

[FredZarguna]

Nutjob Conspiracy Pinglist item?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Somebody should ask him if they can do a search of his home RIGHT NOW.

[VRWCarea51]

I have to wonder if the good Chief doesn’t have a Fathead poster of Barney Fife in his office.

[txnativegop]

Yes you do. Paper clips, rubber tubing (if you have any), glass bowls with stems. All of these things, and many more, are considered drug-use related items. In most jurisdictions such possession is a felony. I have never known a cop who would turn such a bust down for any reason. It makes them look good. There fixed it.

[VRWCarea51]

He seems like a good candidate for kiddy porn. Should make sure just to be safe.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Gun in my home that I’m not even aware of? Seriously??

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Better yet, go there on a Friday night and hand out free guns and Colt 45 Malt Liquor.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

they must have a lot of guns from unsolved crimes, and want to ‘find’ them in people’s homes so they can make arrests

You could really make your numbers look good that way!