Stand_Watie
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Ehhhhhh, it just went off Sarge
I can understand the need to preserve evidence, but it seems that unloading the weapon, keeping it pointed in a safe direction, and keeping your finger off the trigger shouldn't completely wreck the state's case against the man for MDOP and carrying charges.
edit - I'd like to add a question for our LEO's - what is your department's policy/regulation for clearing potentially loaded evidence weapons?
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http://www.mlive.com/news/muchronicle/index.ssf?/base/news-4/108167858685780.xml
A Muskegon Heights police officer was recovering this weekend from a lost finger after a handgun he had seized from a suspect discharged at police headquarters.
Officer Mario D. Sain suffered the loss of his right small finger, police and fire officials said. They said Sain was placing a .40-caliber Glock semi-automatic pistol in a box at about 4:10 p.m. Friday when the weapon discharged. The gun was being readied for shipment to a crime lab where it was to be checked for fingerprints and other possible clues.
Officials said weapons preserved for evidence and sent for analysis are kept in pristine condition, with as little handling by police as possible. The discharge left a bullet hole inside police headquarters, according to officials
The Glock was seized early Friday after police had answered a call about 10 a.m. to the Day's Inn, 3450 Hoyt, reporting gunshots and malicious destruction of property. About $1,500 damage had been done to a mirror, a wall and other parts of a room at the motel, according to a police report.
Police questioned a male suspect, placed him in custody and later found the weapon they believe was involved in the incident in a yard in the 3300 block of Leahy Street. The suspect, a 26-year-old Egelston Township man, was being held on charges of malicious destruction of property, carrying a concealed weapon and felony firearm.
Muskegon Heights fire officials said they were called to the adjacent police department to lend medical assistance when the accident happened. The police report said Sain was able to dictate his report to another police officer later Friday.
I can understand the need to preserve evidence, but it seems that unloading the weapon, keeping it pointed in a safe direction, and keeping your finger off the trigger shouldn't completely wreck the state's case against the man for MDOP and carrying charges.
edit - I'd like to add a question for our LEO's - what is your department's policy/regulation for clearing potentially loaded evidence weapons?
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http://www.mlive.com/news/muchronicle/index.ssf?/base/news-4/108167858685780.xml
A Muskegon Heights police officer was recovering this weekend from a lost finger after a handgun he had seized from a suspect discharged at police headquarters.
Officer Mario D. Sain suffered the loss of his right small finger, police and fire officials said. They said Sain was placing a .40-caliber Glock semi-automatic pistol in a box at about 4:10 p.m. Friday when the weapon discharged. The gun was being readied for shipment to a crime lab where it was to be checked for fingerprints and other possible clues.
Officials said weapons preserved for evidence and sent for analysis are kept in pristine condition, with as little handling by police as possible. The discharge left a bullet hole inside police headquarters, according to officials
The Glock was seized early Friday after police had answered a call about 10 a.m. to the Day's Inn, 3450 Hoyt, reporting gunshots and malicious destruction of property. About $1,500 damage had been done to a mirror, a wall and other parts of a room at the motel, according to a police report.
Police questioned a male suspect, placed him in custody and later found the weapon they believe was involved in the incident in a yard in the 3300 block of Leahy Street. The suspect, a 26-year-old Egelston Township man, was being held on charges of malicious destruction of property, carrying a concealed weapon and felony firearm.
Muskegon Heights fire officials said they were called to the adjacent police department to lend medical assistance when the accident happened. The police report said Sain was able to dictate his report to another police officer later Friday.
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