The other day we noticed that ad in the Midland Reporter-Telegram Lost and Found section about a lost Glock handgun and wondered what the back story was. See Dude Where's My Glock (Part 1). A commenter speculated that it might belong to a Sheriff's Deputy. Close, but not quite. It belonged to a Sheriff's Department "Basic Reserve Volunteer."
Here's the short version: Driver puts handgun bag on top of car, gets in, drives off. Buh bye handgun.
And here's the long version from the case report, paraphrased somewhat:
7. Date and time offense occurred:
01-11-09 @ 1030 hours ...
18. SYNOPSIS:
On the above date and time, [the responding deputy] was dispatched to the above location in reference to a lost firearm. Upon my Arrival I contact the complainant [named]. [He] advised that on this date at or around 1030 Hours he was leaving his residence to go to church when he placed a Brown nylon zip up bag containing a Glock 22 on top of his vehicle. [He] stated the bag contained a GLOCK 22, spare magazine and a small mag light. [He] told me he drove to [the church]. Once at this location he realized he had left the firearm on top of the vehicle. [He] stated he back tracked his way home looking for the firearm. [He] thinks that it may have fallen off of his vehicles soon as he backed out of his drive way. [He] thinks someone stopped and picked it up. [He] further stated when he could not locate the firearm he contacted dispatch to have an on duty Deputy come to his residence to take a report.
I requested dispatch notify the chain of command on this incident, which they did. I have also completed a stolen firearm entry form and printed to the records division. I contacted records division and they stated they would enter the firearm as a lost firearm into NCIC/TCIC. No further information at this time.
You can download the case report PDF if you want to see it yourself.
I've redacted the man's name, and I really don't want to make fun of the poor guy. But let's face it, this is cartoon territory. Problem is we don't know whether to laugh or cry. Tell ya what, let's put this behind us, learn from it, and make a new safety rule:
The only thing that belongs on top of a vehicle is a super sized soft drink.
That way we can all yuk it up when it goes flying down the road.
In the meantime, if the MCSO records division followed through and entered the information into the NCIC/TCIC database then the serial number is in the system. And if the gun doesn't get turned in but turns up in someone's possession in the future it could cause a big problem.
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