tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post4130892643754979217..comments2024-03-21T18:54:06.548-07:00Comments on Old Enough to Know Better: Oops ...Steve Perryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12079658447270792228noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-18114445809072529812011-06-30T00:24:25.960-07:002011-06-30T00:24:25.960-07:00And this is why only trained police officers, whom...And this is why only trained police officers, whom we all know are held to a Higher Standard™, should have these dangerous weapons.Dan Gambierahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04172075070150854447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-41400934088666340812011-06-30T00:21:02.350-07:002011-06-30T00:21:02.350-07:00I'm buying it. It turned up in other news outl...I'm buying it. It turned up in other news outlets, not just copying and pasting the Stranger. The <a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2011/06/28/the-seattle-police-department-is-very-embarrassed-after-leaving-unattended-ar-15-rifle-on-trunk-of-patrol-car" rel="nofollow">followup</a> has official SPD responses. <br /><br />Someone isn't getting a glowing performance review this year.Dan Gambierahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04172075070150854447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-62537457588162725312011-06-28T19:25:42.998-07:002011-06-28T19:25:42.998-07:00I hate to say it -- but I don't buy the story....I hate to say it -- but I don't buy the story. I have a hard time buying that the second car could go any distance and still have the rifle on the trunk.<br /><br />A few months back, I was transporting a DUI to the jail after doing the breath test at our station. In a moment of late-shift absentmindedness, I placed my clipboard with all my paperwork neatly assembled for the magistrate on the top of my cruiser, put the drunk in the car, and got in myself. Off I go. Two blocks later -- I'm stopping and collecting the remnants of my private ticker tape parade.<br /><br />(Oh, and my general rule is if something is going to be set on the car, it's set on the hood, at the windshield so that I can't drive without seeing it! Developed that one after a close call with a PBT or two...)Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15393212692342514984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29640480.post-70207128872598083252011-06-28T17:33:06.862-07:002011-06-28T17:33:06.862-07:00Bummer that there was a camera phone handy. My ru...Bummer that there was a camera phone handy. My rule is nothing gets set on the car. Of course, that is after 2 broken PBT's (breath testers), a clipboard or 2 all over an intersection...dprice95https://www.blogger.com/profile/09209866081942584174noreply@blogger.com