Happens all over the nation fairly frequently.
Often it is an embarassment to the LEO agency and they deal with it internaly, not leaking it to the media.
However you can find dozens of similar stories within the last few years if you look.
Full auto police weapons, ususaly AR variants or MP5s stolen from LEO.
Even the feds have reported it a few times.
An entire team's gear has been reported stolen before, including guns, body armor and other attire.
It however is not entirely thier fault. To be ready to respond to a situation rapidly it has to be ready to go and as a result be more vulnerable to theft. If they lock it all up in a building it will never make it to most active scenes in time.
Often it is an embarassment to the LEO agency and they deal with it internaly, not leaking it to the media.
However you can find dozens of similar stories within the last few years if you look.
Full auto police weapons, ususaly AR variants or MP5s stolen from LEO.
Even the feds have reported it a few times.
An entire team's gear has been reported stolen before, including guns, body armor and other attire.
It however is not entirely thier fault. To be ready to respond to a situation rapidly it has to be ready to go and as a result be more vulnerable to theft. If they lock it all up in a building it will never make it to most active scenes in time.