Posted on 07/07/2002 2:29:45 PM PDT by MeekOneGOP
Houston: 2 police vehicles missing
07/07/2002
HOUSTON - Two Houston Police Department marked cars have either been stolen or misplaced for more than two weeks.
The department's Internal Affairs and Criminal Intelligence divisions are investigating.
"They could be in the salvage yard," police spokesman John Cannon said Saturday. "We don't know if they were stolen or they just got misplaced somewhere administratively."
The Houston Chronicle reported that the cars were discovered missing June 21 from the department's central parking garage.
"I think it has caught all of us by surprise," said Hans Marticiuc, president of the Houston Police Officers Union. "It's a concern, if they are actually missing, that someone could get into the garage and have such easy access that they could not only take the cars but possibly do things to other vehicles that officers are driving."
The cars, both Ford Crown Victorias, had mobile data computer terminals on board. Neither computer has been activated, police said.
Police spokesman Robert Hurst said the department cannot rule out that the cars, a 1999 model and a 1997 model, were stolen. The department's central garage is not access screened and does not have a 24-hour guard, staff supervisor Sgt. Jim Stowe said.
If the cars were stolen, they could be used to impersonate police officers, Mr. Marticiuc said.
"That kind of stuff comes back on all of us," he said. "The uniforms a similar type of uniform, is very easy to get."
Officials said there is no evidence that the possible thefts are related to terrorism.
The cars, last fueled by officers on April 2 and 3 according to records, had received extended maintenance service and were to be returned to the garage two weeks before they were discovered missing, Sgt. Stowe said.
Befor jumping to conclusions, has anyone checked out back behind the Dunkin Doughnuts?
So, the Crown Victoria has a homing instinct? :)
They could be in Mexico.
LOL! (whispers) Shhhhhhh! They could be listening.......
ROTFLMAO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I dunno, maybe. What did it look like ?
Well, it's black with a white stripe on both sides, and it has a red light on the top. Oh yeh, it had a shotgun in the front seat and a way cool CB radio.
What we have here is a "failure to communicate" (more to the point, a failure to be accountable! How the Hell any agency could lose a 4,000 pound vehicle boggles the mind, much less two marked squad cars! (Maybe there is some over spending in Houston if they don;t need these cars and can allow them to be out of service and unaccounted for?)
You mean that's not the salvage yard?
I used to live in the old 6th ward of Houston, just a few blocks from the police garage. There was a police equipment store on the same block and a uniform store just one block from my house.
(¡VIVA SESTO!)
:)
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