NYPD And The Mystery Of The Ghost Guns
The NYPD is in hot water for not keeping tabs on confiscated guns. The best part of the story is that the guns miraculously reappear where they should have been after they were originally absent from the spot. It sounds like this might be a case for Scooby Doo!
City auditors requesting access to firearms stored by the police department’s Manhattan Property Clerk Division found that 94 of the 324 weapons they asked to see could not be immediately accounted for or retrieved, some 29% of the sample group. In some cases, the auditors reported that they had to make several trips before the firearms were found.
“When the firearms were found, they miraculously turned up in the exact same spot on the shelf where they had clearly been previously missing,” Mr. Thompson said. “Our review found logbooks with words and numbers crossed out and even papers stapled onto the pages. With this kind of outdated system, it’s little wonder why it has been a dysfunctional process.”
Source: [NY Sun]
