Police Forces

[Olefin]

Originally Posted by WallShadow

I hope those folks picking over police armories stopped by the evidence lockers to check out what was being held for trials that will probably never be heard.

FYI its almost impossible to fully find everything - there is always stuff that can be found - and I bet the evidence lockers would get overlooked by most people

and not just guns - definitely illegal drugs that could be used for possible medical uses and even tools taken off burglars that would be of use for sure

[WallShadow]

Originally Posted by Olefin

FYI its almost impossible to fully find everything - there is always stuff that can be found - and I bet the evidence lockers would get overlooked by most people <SNIP> Even most of the destroyed armories were picked over by salvage parties or looters, but there are pockets of police weapons and ammo still remaining in the ruins of police stations.

Speaking of pockets, would officers store firearms (backups guns, etc) in something other than a station gun safe/armory? Say, buried deep in their personal locker wrapped up in a towel or similarly camoflaged? Asking out of severe lack of policy/procedure in real-life law-enforcement operations.

[Legbreaker]

Originally Posted by WallShadow

Speaking of pockets, would officers store firearms (backups guns, etc) in something other than a station gun safe/armory? Say, buried deep in their personal locker wrapped up in a towel or similarly camoflaged? Asking out of severe lack of policy/procedure in real-life law-enforcement operations.

Can't speak for elsewhere but it's absolutely never going to happen in Australia!

[StainlessSteelCynic]

Originally Posted by Legbreaker

Can't speak for elsewhere but it's absolutely never going to happen in Australia!

Yeah, some of the police stations in Australia don't even have personal lockers for individual officers. A lot of them don't even have specific storage, everything that needs secure storage would be sent to a regional headquarters or similar large facility (every police station will have at least a gun safe for issued firearms & ammo but not necessarily a purpose built secure storage room let alone any sort of armoury).

[CDAT]

Originally Posted by WallShadow

Speaking of pockets, would officers store firearms (backups guns, etc) in something other than a station gun safe/armory? Say, buried deep in their personal locker wrapped up in a towel or similarly camoflaged? Asking out of severe lack of policy/procedure in real-life law-enforcement operations.

If you are talking about at the station, then I can only speak for those I worked for but for the most part I would say no (I say most part as when I was attached to the State Department overseas we put them in our dresser or whatnot when we were not on duty and in our residence, outside the residence we were expected to be armed so they were on us/rifles in locked office or armored vehicle). Now if you are talking about at their residence then I would say depending on location but between almost certain to no way in heck.