AR15 Stolen from Tippecanoe County sheriff's deputy's car at 2am, off duty?

[edporch]

This story is a little skinny on info.
Was this AR15 left in an off duty Sheriff's Deputy car in plain sight overnight in an apartment complex?
The story makes it sound that way.
Does anybody know more about this?

Rifle, ammunition stolen from deputy's patrol car at apartment complex

Someone smashed out the window on a Tippecanoe County sheriff's patrol car and stole an rifle and ammunition, Sheriff Bob Goldsmith said.

www.jconline.com

 

[pitbulld45]

From what I read it was a patrol car of an off duty officer.

Our rifles and shotguns stay in our squads also, we have them locked in a rack but if you know what to do they can Defeated pretty easy. It would take a little longer than just breaking a window and grabbing the rifle though.

 

[Mgderf]

Those guns should have R.F.I.D. tags on them.
Thieves aren't going to stop to look for them at the scene of the theft so authorities would at least have a chance to track.
Put inside the handguards or butt stock, or even in the back of the buffer tube, thieves may not find them at all, until it's too late

 

[Kirk Freeman]

The Prosecuting Attorney's office has a list of stolen cop guns, I guess they will have to update it.

 

[Pepi]

I always buy my guns and I go through a very long background check

 

[74 or more]

A few years ago the woman walking with her father in San Francisco was shot and killed.The pistol was stolen out of a BLM (Bureau of Land Management) vehicle.
This is unacceptable , to have LEO loose a firearm out of a vehicle! Never leave any thing in your vehicle that you don’t want to loose !

 

[Mgderf]

Was this in fact an AR-15, or did it have a happy switch?

 

[Ark]

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=police+car+gun+lock

Even if it was "secured", those systems are pretty easy to defeat, especially if somebody scoped it out ahead of time and arrived with a plan.

 

[Mgderf]

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=police+car+gun+lock

Even if it was "secured", those systems are pretty easy to defeat, especially if somebody scoped it out ahead of time and arrived with a plan.

Well, whatever plan they used, it seemed to work, at least for now...

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Was this in fact an AR-15, or did it have a happy switch?

PODA, they are all Title I.

Remember the one stolen from the female deputy's car by the guy that climbed the wall and fell? That was a Colt 6920.

Colt, BCM, LMT, LWRCI, there's a list of approved guns and you pick.

 

[DadSmith]

Goes to show that criminals don't care about who they steal from. This imo also makes having a law that requires firearms be secured is futile and nothing more than gun control nonsense.

 

[Life Member]

Cops tell you to put your christmas presents in your trunk?

 

[Mgderf]

Cops tell you to put your christmas presents in your trunk?

If it had been a present for someone it probably would have been there.

 

[2in1evtime]

I am sure it is in chicago by now since all there guns come from indiana!

 

[femurphy77]

PODA, they are all Title I.

Remember the one stolen from the female deputy's car by the guy that climbed the wall and fell? That was a Colt 6920.

Colt, BCM, LMT, LWRCI, there's a list of approved guns and you pick.

Did he sue the department?

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Did he sue the department?

For what? Not to my knowledge.

 

[femurphy77]

For what? Not to my knowledge.

Because he fell off the wall, they tend to do this in Merry Old England, didn't know if it'd made it to this side of the pond yet.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Because he fell off the wall, they tend to do this in Merry Old England, didn't know if it'd made it to this side of the pond yet.

Like Humpty Dumpty?

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Those guns should have R.F.I.D. tags on them.
Thieves aren't going to stop to look for them at the scene of the theft so authorities would at least have a chance to track.
Put inside the handguards or butt stock, or even in the back of the buffer tube, thieves may not find them at all, until it's too late

I'm not sure if you're thinking you can track RFID like an apple airtag or something, but range is extremely minimal. Like a couple of meters at best.

Anywho,

Car racks are like gun safes, only less so. They are a speed bump and one that can be defeated by someone who is dedicated or knowledgeable enough. I don't carry a long gun any longer because I don't have a good way to secure it and I think in my current position I'm more likely to have it stolen then I am to use it on duty.

 

[Mgderf]

I'm not sure if you're thinking you can track RFID like an apple airtag or something, but range is extremely minimal. Like a couple of meters at best.

Anywho,

Car racks are like gun safes, only less so. They are a speed bump and one that can be defeated by someone who is dedicated or knowledgeable enough. I don't carry a long gun any longer because I don't have a good way to secure it and I think in my current position I'm more likely to have it stolen then I am to use it on duty.

I'm a little surprised to hear that it's your choice.