Where Are My Guns?

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Hundreds of Park Police guns unaccounted for, report says - CNN.com
(CNN) -- The U.S. Park Police is failing to adequately keep track of its firearms, creating an environment in which weapons are vulnerable to theft or misuse, according to a government report released Friday.

Due to "a lackadaisical attitude toward firearms management" by commanders, investigators said they found "credible evidence of conditions that would allow for theft and misuse of firearms, and the ability to conceal the fact if weapons were missing."

In a force of approximately 640 officers, the report says, hundreds of weapons were not properly accounted for. The auditors also allege that the agency has more than 1,400 extra weapons, including 477 military-style automatic and semiautomatic rifles.

The head of the Park Police officers' union, Ian Glick, said there are shortcomings in the "antiquated system of weapon tracking," but public safety was never put in jeopardy.

"None of these weapons were ever seized in a crime, or found on someone who shouldn't have one," he said. While the tracking system has its failings, he said, "all the weapons are accounted for. Every weapon, every stick of ammo, everything is accounted for. But it's not accounted for in the National Park Service weapons inventory computer system."

The National Park Service declined to respond to Glick's specific assertion. But it said it has immediately ordered a complete weapons inventory, to address the "significant, systemic firearms management problems" identified in the report.

"I have no tolerance for this management failure," said Jonathan Jarvis, director of the National Park Service. He pledged to implement the report's recommendations on record-keeping, and went on to praise the police officers. "The brave men and women of the U.S. Park Police are professionals who put their life on the line every day," he said, "protecting our parks for millions to enjoy."

The report cited several examples of mishandling of weapons, including two officers it says brought their rifles home with them. But at least one example has come into dispute.

The audit asserts that a former chief of the Park Police never turned in his handgun, and 10 years after his retirement it was taken from him by an instructor at a qualification course for retired law enforcement officers, who happened to notice the former chief still had government property.

But the former chief, Robert Langston, rejects the claim, saying he never kept a handgun, he never had one taken away, and he was never asked by auditors about the allegation. The first he heard of it was when he got a call from CNN on Friday morning.

"Nobody ever confiscated a gun of mine. I would recall that," he said. "Where did they get that?"

He said he turned in his weapon when he left government service, and showed CNN his paperwork.

When asked about the contradiction, the inspector general's office said its report was based on Park Police records, and the discrepancy just shows the extent of the agency's record-keeping problems. The National Park Service did not respond to an inquiry about the former chief's paperwork.
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Dirty cops = dirty money

That's what I think. Hope you will finally agree.
 
Ever since NYS passed stricter gun law, I already noticed rise on shooting out and killing already. It is getting worse! STUPID LAW!

CP, this thread has NOTHING to do with cop, it is national park. Living in national park without gun is dangerous! Animals are around and if you happen to be next to bear and you got no guns, your ****ed.
 
This is my Rifle.....this is my Gun...this is for killing...and this is for fun....
 
CrazyPaul said:
Dirty cops = dirty money

That's what I think. Hope you will finally agree.
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The auditors also allege that the agency has more than 1,400 extra weapons, including 477 military-style automatic and semiautomatic rifles.
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just wondering - any comment about park police having assault weapons?
 
Jiro said:
you have a "gun"? is that the one with on-off switch?
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Well...on one side is says....On and below that it says Off...on the other side it says Trigger Happy and in very small print it says.."Goodnight Jose"...
 
rockin'robin said:
Well...on one side is says....On and below that it says Off...on the other side it says Trigger Happy and in very small print it says.."Goodnight Jose"...
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*Compares gun*

Yeah baby! Own that too!

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I don't know what is more scary, that the Park police cannot account for that many guns or the fact that they have/had automatic weapons (machine guns)!
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TinCanSailor said:
I don't know what is more scary, that the Park police cannot account for that many guns or the fact that they have/had automatic weapons (machine guns)!
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Or the fact that maritime drug running criminals were found to be armed with Russian kornet missiles. They make a couple of missing firearms look like no big deal, seems like they always try to be a step ahead by outgunning cops.
 
TinCanSailor said:
I don't know what is more scary, that the Park police cannot account for that many guns or the fact that they have/had automatic weapons (machine guns)!
:eek3:
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Parks have very high crime. Poachers and pot growers are armed and dangerous and assaults on rangers are high.

"Over the last decade, a national park ranger was more likely to be assaulted in the line of duty than any other federal officer, including those who work for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Secret Service, and the Drug Enforcement Agency."

Ranger Confidential: Secrets of the National Park Rangers | Backpacker Magazine

" The number of violent crimes in natural parks increased at least 38% from 2011. The year 2012 got off to a bad start with the shooting death of an on-duty park ranger at Mount Ranier National Park in Washington state on New Year’s Day. "

Stop Violent Assaults on Park Rangers - ForceChange
 
Yup, blame on war on drugs. Cartel is taking advantage of that. Cartel is very brutal nowadays.

jonnyghost said:
Parks have very high crime. Poachers and pot growers are armed and dangerous and assaults on rangers are high.

"Over the last decade, a national park ranger was more likely to be assaulted in the line of duty than any other federal officer, including those who work for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Secret Service, and the Drug Enforcement Agency."

Ranger Confidential: Secrets of the National Park Rangers | Backpacker Magazine

" The number of violent crimes in natural parks increased at least 38% from 2011. The year 2012 got off to a bad start with the shooting death of an on-duty park ranger at Mount Ranier National Park in Washington state on New Year’s Day. "

Stop Violent Assaults on Park Rangers - ForceChange
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jonnyghost said:
Parks have very high crime. Poachers and pot growers are armed and dangerous and assaults on rangers are high.

"Over the last decade, a national park ranger was more likely to be assaulted in the line of duty than any other federal officer, including those who work for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Secret Service, and the Drug Enforcement Agency."

Ranger Confidential: Secrets of the National Park Rangers | Backpacker Magazine

" The number of violent crimes in natural parks increased at least 38% from 2011. The year 2012 got off to a bad start with the shooting death of an on-duty park ranger at Mount Ranier National Park in Washington state on New Year’s Day. "

Stop Violent Assaults on Park Rangers - ForceChange
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Wow, that's new to me. So what do you think happened to missing weapons?
 
CrazyPaul said:
Dirty cops = dirty money

That's what I think. Hope you will finally agree.
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Not everyone is a dirty cop...there's just a lot of stupidity and mismanagement. This is really, really old news BTW.....
 
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