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A Honolulu police officer’s gun was stolen Wednesday from his car, which was parked near the Kalihi police station on Kamehameha IV Road.
The gun and other personal items were taken at 11:30 a.m.
Some of the items were recovered, but the gun remains missing, police said. The officer has been on the force for 11 years.
In September another officer’s SUV was stolen while it was parked on the street in Foster Village with his uniforms and other police gear — but not his guns — inside. The vehicle and gear were recovered. No arrests have been made.
Similar publicized thefts involving equipment taken from Honolulu Police Department officers occurred:
>> June 2009, when a gun, rifle, ammunition, holster and ID were stolen out of an officer’s subsidized vehicle in a Kailua parking lot while he was off duty.
>> October 2006, when a gun, pepper spray and baton were stolen from an officer’s car in Waipahu.
>> April 2006, when a gun and uniform were taken from a locked car in Ewa. The officer had run out of gas, locked his car and walked to a gas station. When he came back his gun and uniform, which he locked in the car, were gone.