Corrections Officer has ND with Fictional Pistol

[kingpin008]

Beyond the whole "Glock 7" thing, that's exactly what I was wondering. He's out with his kid, having a good night, when he suddenly gets the urge to confirm that his pistol is indeed on safe, and unholsters it in public? With a finger on the trigger?

That's monumentally stupid.

 

[Scorpiusdeus]

Is it just me or do these kinds of wacky stories always involve Glocks?

For a card carrying Glock hater like me, this is pure candy.

 

[kingpin008]

To be fair, we really don't know what the guy had. He said it was a Glock, but he also said it was a Glock 7. I do wish that there had been a mention further on in the article on whether or not it was an actual Glock, and he's just an idiot or if it was another brand altogether and he's a double idiot.

 

[Autolycus]

Originally posted by Neo-Luddite:
Maybe I'm out of the loop on this:

Illinois Corrections officers are not Peace Officers under state law--they can't carry except on duty AFAIK. Now, if he was carrying on a CCW permit valid in Indiana, issued somewhere other than Illinois because Illinois doesn't issue, that might explain things. And I know---he's employed by Cook County--so it's anyone's guess.

But even in that place, the laws of physics still apply. Amazing.[/Quote]

Actually he is employed by Cook County Sheriffs department. Their DOC officers are allowed to carry off duty. They can carry Glock's in 9mm and .40 S&W as well as Sigs in the same calibers if I remember correctly. But they are allowed to carry as they are sworn deputies.

 

[Neo-Luddite]

Something like what I figured. I'm sure he'll get a pass. It just amazes me.

 

[Autolycus]

I wish that they would have prosecuted him. I can be prosecuted for an ND if it damages public or private property I would assume he could. Of course mine would have to be from my property to somewhere off my property.

 

[Justin]

For a card carrying Glock hater like me, this is pure candy.

I wish that my life was so devoid of issues and challenges that I could sit around and hate on a particular model of handgun. Must be nice.

 

[shooter_tx]

May be a fictional pistol, but if he'd broken any more of Coop's rules, there'd possibly be a non-fiction dead kid on a slab right now.

This guy's got "Best Seller" written all over him.

 

[Mot45acp]

Of course they wont file charges on one of their own.

 

[Notch]

A pistol without an external safety switch is the real joke here.

 

[kingpin008]

Because mechanical safeties are infallible, right?

 

[shooter_tx]

Of course they wont file charges on one of their own.

Actually, they tried to, only to be rebuffed by the DA's office.

This would be similar to one atty trying to get another atty disbarred for an ethical violation, only to have a doctor or physicist intervene.

It wouldn't make any more sense in that situation to say "attorneys won't go after their own".

 

[Don Gwinn]

It's got an external switch. It's on the trigger. If your finger is not on the trigger, the safety is automatically engaged so you can't forget it's on.

His finger was obviously on the trigger, disengaging the safety.

 

[LightningJoe]

The Glock talk about the trigger (or trigger finger) being the safety just blows my tiny mind. Please say something else, anything.


I guess for Glocks, the holster is the safety. Unholster the gun, it's Condition Zero.

 

[Dravur]

Funny, I took a journalism course about 10 years ago. My professor still emphasized that rule.

wink wink nudge nudge.....

if it is emphasized, why do journalists continually ignore it?

 

[22LongRifle]

If you ever saw the Cook County CC and their staff.....you would understand!

22lr

 

[MD_Willington]

There's a crazy "dog lady" in town here, she'll swear to god you can sneak any glock onto an aircraft because the Industrial/Military complex designed the pistols from a classified polymer for conducting covert operations... she's knows because her ex-husband was deeply involved with the Industrial/Military complex.. or whatever the !!! it's called...

LOL I laughed at her a few times over this, what a nut job!

 

[Cellar Dweller]

Is it just me or do these kinds of wacky stories always involve Glocks and law enforcement "professionals"?

There, fixed it for you.

A pistol without an external safety switch is the real joke here.

Please show me a duty pistol that requires a finger to be in the trigger guard to set the safety "on."

 

[dralarms]

Keep your booger hook off the bang switch......


Sheez people how hard is that?

They ought to fire him and place in his records of this incident then no one else would get stuck with that idiot.

 

[Baneblade]

ROFL!! RastaNarc!! I don't normally come to this website to laugh, but that is awesome.

We use that video in training, El Tejoncan, can I plagerize "RastaNarc?"

Don't worry, our Friend has a Mossberger shotgun to go with his Glock 7. And he wouldn't consider carrying a 7mm, because 9mm is more powerful.

 

[boondocksaint1252]

officer bell is a correction officer with the cook county sheriffs dept which makes him a sheriffs deputy not a state correctional officer. this allows him to carry a weapon off duty. cook county sheriffs deputys are deputized officers defined in illinois statutes as peace officers the same title as police officers. cook county sheriffs deputys have the same powers as off duty police in regards to weapon carrying and arrests and detention. the only difference between a sheriffs deputy and cop in cook county is that police can write traffic tickets

 

[Bazooka Joe71]

Why do the words "I'm the only one qualified..........." keep running through my head?

scubie02,

Thank you for that, LOL...I haven't seen Caddy Shack in a LONG time, and I was watching it tonight when i read this thread.