Groundskeeper fired for turning found gun over to police

[armarsh]

Been me, I would have put in my pocket & not said a word to anyone...............

You are not alone.

 

[fatcat4620]

You dont touch it, notify your supervisor, show him where it Is and go back to work. Or you dont tell a soul, put it in your pocket and keep it. What you don't do is what he did.

 

[Carl N. Brown]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/1...-after-finding-loaded-gun-handing-it-to-cops/

There was no [overnite] involved.

....the Detroit police never did pass by, so Chevilott finished his work that day, drove the gun home and later that same evening turned it into his local police department.

He says the cops ran the gun and discovered the weapon had been stolen from St. Clair Shores in 2005.

"They said I did the right thing getting it off the street," Chevilott told MyFoxDetroit.com.

Even New York City (New York City!?) has an exemption for unlicensed possession if you take a gun from an attacker and defend yourself with it. I would hope they would have an exemption for people who find a throw-down gun and turn it in to the police. So if you are a groundskeeper for Detroit and you find a throw-away gun you're supposed to make it disappear or be terminated for violating company policy on possession.

He turned the gun over to police on his own time and was fired; I wonder what the county's reaction would have been if he had interrupted work to do it?

 

[skoro]

As the saying goes; No good deed goes unpunished.

Ain't that the truth.

Reminds me of the so-called "management" at my place of work. The only conversation they ever have with me is to ask, "Why are you complying with our policies?"