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Police today arrested a 25-year-old Makakilo man who was allegedly driving a car stolen from a police officer.
Police had been searching for the police officer’s personal car that was stolen in Makiki on Tuesday with the officer’s rifle, electric gun and other police equipment inside, a Honolulu Police Department spokeswoman said.
Police caught the suspect driving the car near his Makakilo home, and arrested him 12:15 p.m. on suspicion of unauthorized control of a motor vehicle.
The white two-door 2000 Honda Civic was stolen about noon from a Makiki parking garage.
HPD policy requires that officers exercise extreme care and caution in storing weapons and other equipment, the spokeswoman said. HPD is looking into the incident.
What? Did the police officer have stolen car?
Foolish for an officer to store weapons and police related equipments in their personal vehicle! Assuming of course the officer was off duty!
What in the Galaxy has our World come to. Blamin a cop for what a thief did? So it seems we are thinking nothin is sacred. Blame Hawaii’s court system letting criminals come and go thru the revolving doors. HPD only tries to protect and can’t put these criminals away for good unless of course… bang bang
Weapons do get in the hands of those not qualified to by being stolen from carelessness. Having said, where would be a likely place an unsavory character will be looking for weapons he could use. A place where more than likely as not, where they should be available, a gun shop or careless home owner. Myself store my many guns in a steel safe 4 X 5 feet with 2 massive locks where the design of the hasps deter the use of any devise to compromise it. 3 rifles, 3 shotguns, 3 colt 45’s, a 9mm Browning, a 38 Beretta, a 22 auto, a 457 magnum Ruger pistol, a Contender with 3 interchangeable barrels, and commemorative 45 colt is stored with a Japanese NCO sword, plus a handmade Japanese tanto.
I think you may have intended to write “.380 Beretta” and “.357 Magnum Ruger.” But if you do by a stroke of luck (in “gun free” Hawaii of all places) happen to own a fully legal Beretta Modello 38, then take good care of it, for you are the custodian of one of the finest first-generation submachine guns ever made. So good was it that it was the choice of many elite Waffen-SS and Fallschirmjäger units during the Second World War.
Oh and just who made you an expert on the police, and what they may have to do in an Emergency situation. Technically an officer is still available for duty 24 hrs a day. Personally I won’t even own a gun any more. 50 years since one was needed by me.
Either stupid or unaware car was stolen.
Another “Catch and Release”…
“HPD policy requires that officers exercise extreme care and caution in storing weapons and other equipment, the spokeswoman said. HPD is looking into the incident.”>>> and looking…and looking….
I hope the cop involved isn’t ROPA’d while they “look into” this.
After all, he just made a bad decision leaving his gear in his car….it isn’t like being under Federal investigation or anything.
a little common sense would do………….
Their union protects them from having to use any
Lucky the weapon or equipment wasn’t used in a crime. Don’t they have lockers at the station to store these items?
Well, the story doesn’t explicitly SAY the weapons themselves were recovered. They may have been, or maybe not.
Whata genius! Make him clean toilets for a year. He needs a vocation! Nothing against janitors, I earned my way thru college cleaning toilets!
Nothing wrong with cleaning toilets Bdpapa. After all, the most expensive vintage wines and distilled liquors, as well as the finest gourmet meals, get to grace them in the end, right?
Wow this is straight out of the Hangover, per chance was the guy in the car looking for his lost buddy?
No mention of weapons recovered! They have the automobile, like countless other stolen vehicles hope it wasnt trashed or wreckedl like many others. Good job for finding the vehicle.