Mainsail
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I was listening to Peirce County on the ham radio and heard the beeper come on for a possible armed robbery. All they knew, and all they told to the responding officers, was that a subject with a gun was seen running away from the Lakewood Towne Center. The dispatcher also reported that he was being chased by several other ‘subjects’. The dispatcher also gave a description of the robbery subject. Well, of course every car in Lakewood is going to respond and one finally asked dispatch to call the RP back and see if there was a victim, so that they would know what the crime was. Dispatch said they were working on it. Another car responded, “...a citizen saw the gun so there was a crime.”
It turns out the robber stole a tip jar or something like that and when challenged by an employee, pulled the gun. The police captured the robber and wanted a K9 unit to help them find the gun, which the robber apparently tossed during his ~five minute run.
So anyway, the implication is that an exposed gun is illegal, at least as far as that one LPD officer is concerned.
I was listening to Peirce County on the ham radio and heard the beeper come on for a possible armed robbery. All they knew, and all they told to the responding officers, was that a subject with a gun was seen running away from the Lakewood Towne Center. The dispatcher also reported that he was being chased by several other ‘subjects’. The dispatcher also gave a description of the robbery subject. Well, of course every car in Lakewood is going to respond and one finally asked dispatch to call the RP back and see if there was a victim, so that they would know what the crime was. Dispatch said they were working on it. Another car responded, “...a citizen saw the gun so there was a crime.”
It turns out the robber stole a tip jar or something like that and when challenged by an employee, pulled the gun. The police captured the robber and wanted a K9 unit to help them find the gun, which the robber apparently tossed during his ~five minute run.
So anyway, the implication is that an exposed gun is illegal, at least as far as that one LPD officer is concerned.