School Officer Pawns Sidearm, Carries Pellet Gun on Duty
A school resource officer in Florida is in hot water over allegedly pawning is duty pistol and then brining a BB gun to work while on duty. Hillsborough County police arrested the officer, assigned to Mango Elementary School.
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School Officer Paws Duty Weapon
As inexplicable as it might sound, officials emphatically said the officer, Leroy King, willfully jeopardized those he swore to protect. The officer pawned his sidearm for cash.
“It wasn’t being fixed … wasn’t broken,” said Sheriff Chad Chronister, reported fox13news.com. “It wasn’t left someplace where he was taking target and shooting practice. He had pawned that school security issued firearm … assigned to him to protect the children at Mango Elementary.”
A supervisor discovered the BB gun during a standard, random check at the school, according to fox13news.com. The supervisor noticed King failed to wear his holstered weapon, which lead to questions. At first, King allegedly produced excuses for his missing weapon. In the end, he later confessed to pawning the gun, weapon-mounted light and a ballistic vest assigned by the sheriff’s office.
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Source:: Tactical Life
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