""The Rifleman""  wrote in message news:...
> This comes after they lost guns by driving down the A303 in a van with the 
> door open and let a load of guns fall out, many have not been recovered. 
> And when they are not shooting brasilian tourists, mini drivers, people 
> carrying chair legs or laying naked in bed.
>
> Cops are absolutely the last people in the Uk who shouyld be allowed guns.
>
>
> Police gun left in cafe's toilet
> A police firearms officer left a gun in the toilets of a coffee shop where 
> it was found by a member of the public, the Metropolitan Police (Met) has 
> said.
>
> The firearm was left in the toilets of a branch of Starbucks in Edgware 
> Road in central London last Friday.
>
> The female officer concerned has now been removed from operational duties 
> while an investigation is carried out.
>
> The pistol was eventually linked to her when police compared its serial 
> number to those logged at a police armoury.
>
> A Met Police spokesman said: "A police-issue firearm was left unattended 
> in a central London cafe on 29 August and was found by a member of the 
> public.
>
> "The weapon belongs to a Metropolitan Police authorised firearms officer 
> who was on duty at the time."
>
> An investigation is being carried out by the force's Directorate of 
> Professional Standards.
>
> Story from BBC NEWS:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/england/london/7597381.stm
>
> Published: 2008/09/04 06:38:15 GMT
>
> © BBC MMVIII
>
>

""The Rifleman""  wrote in message 
news:9YidnXILdazVBSLVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@bt.com...
>
> ""The Rifleman""  wrote in message news:...
>> This comes after they lost guns by driving down the A303 in a van with 
>> the door open and let a load of guns fall out, many have not been 
>> recovered. And when they are not shooting brasilian tourists, mini 
>> drivers, people carrying chair legs or laying naked in bed.
>>
>> Cops are absolutely the last people in the Uk who shouyld be allowed 
>> guns.
>>
>>
>> Police gun left in cafe's toilet
>> A police firearms officer left a gun in the toilets of a coffee shop 
>> where it was found by a member of the public, the Metropolitan Police 
>> (Met) has said.
>>
>> The firearm was left in the toilets of a branch of Starbucks in Edgware 
>> Road in central London last Friday.
>>
>> The female officer concerned has now been removed from operational duties 
>> while an investigation is carried out.
>>
>> The pistol was eventually linked to her when police compared its serial 
>> number to those logged at a police armoury.
>>
>> A Met Police spokesman said: "A police-issue firearm was left unattended 
>> in a central London cafe on 29 August and was found by a member of the 
>> public.
>>
>> "The weapon belongs to a Metropolitan Police authorised firearms officer 
>> who was on duty at the time."
>>
>> An investigation is being carried out by the force's Directorate of 
>> Professional Standards.
>>
>> Story from BBC NEWS:
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/england/london/7597381.stm
>>
>> Published: 2008/09/04 06:38:15 GMT
>>
>> © BBC MMVIII

I wonder what proportion these incidents make up of the overall number of 
times weapons are carried routinely.

mentalguy2008 wrote:
|| ""The Rifleman""  wrote in message
|| news:9YidnXILdazVBSLVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@bt.com...
|||
||| ""The Rifleman""  wrote in message news:...
|||| This comes after they lost guns by driving down the A303 in a van
|||| with the door open and let a load of guns fall out, many have not
|||| been recovered. And when they are not shooting brasilian tourists,
|||| mini drivers, people carrying chair legs or laying naked in bed.
||||
|||| Cops are absolutely the last people in the Uk who shouyld be
|||| allowed guns.
||||
||||
|||| Police gun left in cafe's toilet
|||| A police firearms officer left a gun in the toilets of a coffee
|||| shop where it was found by a member of the public, the
|||| Metropolitan Police (Met) has said.
||||
|||| The firearm was left in the toilets of a branch of Starbucks in
|||| Edgware Road in central London last Friday.
||||
|||| The female officer concerned has now been removed from operational
|||| duties while an investigation is carried out.
||||
|||| The pistol was eventually linked to her when police compared its
|||| serial number to those logged at a police armoury.
||||
|||| A Met Police spokesman said: "A police-issue firearm was left
|||| unattended in a central London cafe on 29 August and was found by
|||| a member of the public.
||||
|||| "The weapon belongs to a Metropolitan Police authorised firearms
|||| officer who was on duty at the time."
||||
|||| An investigation is being carried out by the force's Directorate of
|||| Professional Standards.
||||
|||| Story from BBC NEWS:
|||| http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/england/london/7597381.stm
||||
|||| Published: 2008/09/04 06:38:15 GMT
||||
|||| © BBC MMVIII
||
|| I wonder what proportion these incidents make up of the overall
|| number of times weapons are carried routinely.

I'm wondering how they get to own the gun. Is it a perk?

-- 
Rob

""The Rifleman""  wrote in message
>
>> Cops are absolutely the last people in the Uk who shouyld be allowed 
>>  >>guns.
>>
>> Police gun left in cafe's toilet
>> A police firearms officer left a gun in the toilets of a coffee shop 
>> where it was found by a member of the public, the Metropolitan Police 
>> (Met) >>has said.
>> The firearm was left in the toilets of a branch of Starbucks in Edgware 
>> Road in central London last Friday.

PC : "Stop, I arrest you in the name of the law"
Flasher : "Why are you pointing a tampon at me?"
PC : "Damn, were did I put my magnum"

"Rob"  wrote in message 
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> mentalguy2008 wrote:
> || ""The Rifleman""  wrote in message
> || news:9YidnXILdazVBSLVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@bt.com...
> |||
> ||| ""The Rifleman""  wrote in message news:...
> |||| This comes after they lost guns by driving down the A303 in a van
> |||| with the door open and let a load of guns fall out, many have not
> |||| been recovered. And when they are not shooting brasilian tourists,
> |||| mini drivers, people carrying chair legs or laying naked in bed.
> ||||
> |||| Cops are absolutely the last people in the Uk who shouyld be
> |||| allowed guns.
> ||||
> ||||
> |||| Police gun left in cafe's toilet
> |||| A police firearms officer left a gun in the toilets of a coffee
> |||| shop where it was found by a member of the public, the
> |||| Metropolitan Police (Met) has said.
> ||||
> |||| The firearm was left in the toilets of a branch of Starbucks in
> |||| Edgware Road in central London last Friday.
> ||||
> |||| The female officer concerned has now been removed from operational
> |||| duties while an investigation is carried out.
> ||||
> |||| The pistol was eventually linked to her when police compared its
> |||| serial number to those logged at a police armoury.
> ||||
> |||| A Met Police spokesman said: "A police-issue firearm was left
> |||| unattended in a central London cafe on 29 August and was found by
> |||| a member of the public.
> ||||
> |||| "The weapon belongs to a Metropolitan Police authorised firearms
> |||| officer who was on duty at the time."
> ||||
> |||| An investigation is being carried out by the force's Directorate of
> |||| Professional Standards.
> ||||
> |||| Story from BBC NEWS:
> |||| http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/england/london/7597381.stm
> ||||
> |||| Published: 2008/09/04 06:38:15 GMT
> ||||
> |||| © BBC MMVIII
> ||
> || I wonder what proportion these incidents make up of the overall
> || number of times weapons are carried routinely.
>
> I'm wondering how they get to own the gun. Is it a perk?
>
> -- 
> Rob
 I wonder how many cases of lost and misplaced police weapons never reachs 
the media.

On 4 Sep, 11:32, "\"The Rifleman\""  wrote:
> "Rob"  wrote in message
>
> news:t9adnW1OBv6ELCLVnZ2dnUVZ8sjinZ2d@bt.com...
>
>
>
> > mentalguy2008 wrote:
> > || ""The Rifleman""  wrote in message
> > ||news:9YidnXILdazVBSLVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@bt.com...
> > |||
> > ||| ""The Rifleman""  wrote in message news:...
> > |||| This comes after they lost guns by driving down the A303 in a van
> > |||| with the door open and let a load of guns fall out, many have not
> > |||| been recovered. And when they are not shooting brasilian tourists,
> > |||| mini drivers, people carrying chair legs or laying naked in bed.
> > ||||
> > |||| Cops are absolutely the last people in the Uk who shouyld be
> > |||| allowed guns.
> > ||||
> > ||||
> > |||| Police gun left in cafe's toilet
> > |||| A police firearms officer left a gun in the toilets of a coffee
> > |||| shop where it was found by a member of the public, the
> > |||| Metropolitan Police (Met) has said.
> > ||||
> > |||| The firearm was left in the toilets of a branch of Starbucks in
> > |||| Edgware Road in central London last Friday.
> > ||||
> > |||| The female officer concerned has now been removed from operational
> > |||| duties while an investigation is carried out.
> > ||||
> > |||| The pistol was eventually linked to her when police compared its
> > |||| serial number to those logged at a police armoury.
> > ||||
> > |||| A Met Police spokesman said: "A police-issue firearm was left
> > |||| unattended in a central London cafe on 29 August and was found by
> > |||| a member of the public.
> > ||||
> > |||| "The weapon belongs to a Metropolitan Police authorised firearms
> > |||| officer who was on duty at the time."
> > ||||
> > |||| An investigation is being carried out by the force's Directorate of
> > |||| Professional Standards.
> > ||||
> > |||| Story from BBC NEWS:
> > ||||http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/england/london/7597381.stm
> > ||||
> > |||| Published: 2008/09/04 06:38:15 GMT
> > ||||
> > |||| © BBC MMVIII
> > ||
> > || I wonder what proportion these incidents make up of the overall
> > || number of times weapons are carried routinely.
>
> > I'm wondering how they get to own the gun. Is it a perk?
>
> > --
> > Rob
>
>  I wonder how many cases of lost and misplaced police weapons never reachs
> the media.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

I'd expect the cop concerned to get a right bollocking.
Perhaps a freedom of information request about the number of right
bollockings being given in a year?

Martin  <><

wrote in message news:eda56443-4e7b-4d06-9bd7-

I'd expect the cop concerned to get a right bollocking.
Perhaps a freedom of information request about the number of right
bollockings being given in a year?

Martin  <><

Why ?  if a member of the public loses of misplaces his lawfully owned fire 
arm the police ALWAYS prosecute him to the max of the law, The Copette 
should be in a cell on remand for fire arms offences.

"\"The Rifleman\""  writes:

>> The firearm was left in the toilets of a branch of Starbucks in Edgware 
>> Road in central London last Friday.
>>
>> The female officer concerned has now been removed from operational duties 
>> while an investigation is carried out.

Maybe they should provide suitable holsters so that the gun does not
have to be removed while using the toilet.

On Sep 4, 1:04 pm, Graham Murray  wrote:
> "\"The Rifleman\""  writes:
> >> The firearm was left in the toilets of a branch of Starbucks in Edgware
> >> Road in central London last Friday.
>
> >> The female officer concerned has now been removed from operational duties
> >> while an investigation is carried out.
>
> Maybe they should provide suitable holsters so that the gun does not
> have to be removed while using the toilet.

I owned a Star 9mm Parrabellum when I lived in South Africa.It went
everywhere I went. I never once left it behind or forgot I had it. It
is not a thing you forget. The stupid "Copette" should be banned from
possessing or of being anywhere firearms are involved, sacked and
jailed. Lucky for her it was a responsible member of the public that
found her gun and not a Jamaican Gang member or other such hoodlum.

Nkosi

"Rob"  wrote in message 
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> mentalguy2008 wrote:
> || ""The Rifleman""  wrote in message
> || news:9YidnXILdazVBSLVnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@bt.com...
> |||
> ||| ""The Rifleman""  wrote in message news:...
> |||| This comes after they lost guns by driving down the A303 in a van
> |||| with the door open and let a load of guns fall out, many have not
> |||| been recovered. And when they are not shooting brasilian tourists,
> |||| mini drivers, people carrying chair legs or laying naked in bed.
> ||||
> |||| Cops are absolutely the last people in the Uk who shouyld be
> |||| allowed guns.
> ||||
> ||||
> |||| Police gun left in cafe's toilet
> |||| A police firearms officer left a gun in the toilets of a coffee
> |||| shop where it was found by a member of the public, the
> |||| Metropolitan Police (Met) has said.
> ||||
> |||| The firearm was left in the toilets of a branch of Starbucks in
> |||| Edgware Road in central London last Friday.
> ||||
> |||| The female officer concerned has now been removed from operational
> |||| duties while an investigation is carried out.
> ||||
> |||| The pistol was eventually linked to her when police compared its
> |||| serial number to those logged at a police armoury.
> ||||
> |||| A Met Police spokesman said: "A police-issue firearm was left
> |||| unattended in a central London cafe on 29 August and was found by
> |||| a member of the public.
> ||||
> |||| "The weapon belongs to a Metropolitan Police authorised firearms
> |||| officer who was on duty at the time."
> ||||
> |||| An investigation is being carried out by the force's Directorate of
> |||| Professional Standards.
> ||||
> |||| Story from BBC NEWS:
> |||| http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/england/london/7597381.stm
> ||||
> |||| Published: 2008/09/04 06:38:15 GMT
> ||||
> |||| © BBC MMVIII
> ||
> || I wonder what proportion these incidents make up of the overall
> || number of times weapons are carried routinely.
>
> I'm wondering how they get to own the gun. Is it a perk?
>
> -- 
> Rob
>I am sure that they dont get to ever OWN the weapon

""The Rifleman""  wrote in message 
news:OKOdncOUeMXVJCLVnZ2dnUVZ8qLinZ2d@bt.com...

> I wonder how many cases of lost and misplaced police weapons never reachs 
> the media.

Well the only ones that ever make the news are the ones when the gun is 
handed to the press by the person who finds it.

So we must assume a number of them remain in people's houses or on the 
streets.

-- 
William Black


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time,  like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.

""The Rifleman""  wrote in message 
news:f-OdncukAIkDVyLVRVnyhAA@bt.com...

> Why ?  if a member of the public loses of misplaces his lawfully owned 
> fire arm the police ALWAYS prosecute him to the max of the law,

Well no.

I knew someone who managed to lose a shotgun through gross negligence,  he 
left it in a tent and went drinking.

The cops just took the details over the phone and told him to forget about 
it...

-- 
William Black


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time,  like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.