Founding Member in the news AGAIN! PART II

[GunSlut]

Patrol Issues

Criminals stealing guns from police in Palm Beach County -- South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com

Storing guns at home at the end of work shifts can backfire, said Greg Block, a law enforcement training instructor with Huntington Beach, Calif.-based Self Defense Firearms Training.

Criminals can attack officers known to carry guns back and forth between their cars and homes, he said. The best place to store the guns is in police cars, as long as they are properly locked in the truck or glove box, he said. Once officers go back to work, they should bring most of the weapons inside the car and keep them within reach.

"If you have it secured like Fort Knox, how will you get to it in a firefight?" Block asked.

Stealing guns, especially assault rifles, from police cars is a growing national problem, experts say.

[sealbeach]

Storing guns at home at the end of work shifts can backfire, said Greg Block, a law enforcement training instructor with Huntington Beach, Calif.-based Self Defense Firearms Training.

Criminals can attack officers known to carry guns back and forth between their cars and homes, he said. The best place to store the guns is in police cars, as long as they are properly locked in the truck or glove box, he said. Once officers go back to work, they should bring most of the weapons inside the car and keep them within reach.

"If you have it secured like Fort Knox, how will you get to it in a firefight?" Block asked.

Stealing guns, especially assault rifles, from police cars is a growing national problem, experts say.

[Spicy McHaggis]

Wow, those criminals are getting daring! Actually following around detectives and waiting until they leave their car to steal their weapons! That takes cajones.

Seeing these articles from Florida, it seems that Greg is also connected very well there too.

"If you have it secured like Fort Knox, how will you get to it in a firefight?" Block asked.

I think they should carry them on slings everywhere they go like the Great Britain police that carry MP5s. What's a few more pounds when they already have 35-40 pounds of gear on already.

[El Gato]

My patrol car is parked in front of my house as I write this. It does not have an alarm. My department mandates I remove any of my "gear" with a badge or department name on it from the car when I park it at my home. I am prohibited, by written policy, from storing any firearms in the car. It is either on me, locked up at the office, or at home in my safe.... but never stored in the car.
We have some intel from gang members in the area that they are targeting the homes of officers. They wait until the officer leaves the home and then burg the place... armed in case of wives etc. My partner had his house broken into within a few minutes of leaveing the house about 4 months ago. The only thing they took was his off-duty gun (no safe and only one gun in the home... he is a youngster and I am still working on him...one gun....oh my.. and now he doesn't even have that for off duty!)

Just thought I could add some fuel to the discussion....

[sealbeach]

I hate leaving guns or valuables in my car or truck, recently while staying in Sacramento for a range day, i lugged all my guns upstairs to our hotel room, my arm and back hurt, but I slept soundly and knew I could keep an eye on them. I just don't have a good way to really securely lock up stuff in my vehicles, maybe a police vehicle has better locks.

[swdr]

Another reason to pass on an NRA sticker for your vehicle.