There is a combination lock on this box as well? Now this I didn’t know.

Seeing as there is the possibility of a combination lock, then there are 3 ways that come to my mind as to how the thief gained access to the box.

1 – combination was left on the box. (the most obvious, and I’m quite sure if there are special conditions about keeping a gun stored in a vehicle, then one of those conditions would be not to leave the combination entered into the lockbox, duh!)

2 – physical entry into the box by means of some tool – which they probably had quite a bit of time to do, but of course, we don’t know if the box was broken open or if it was intact.

3 – thief possibly knew the code – again, part of something more that we don’t hear about possibly.

All in all, still having a hard time stomaching what is being said in this story.

If this is true, someone is still running around with the uniform and body armor. As well as I believe pepper spray which I don’t think was recovered.

All in all, I find it a very interesting situation indeed. Someone breaks into a cops house. And almost unnoticed, steals the exact keys to the unmarked cruiser in question. Steals cruiser, takes off with the car, dumps it, keeps the gun and ammo. All the while the police saying they are not sure if they key to the box was on the key chain or not. Which now must be the case since the obviously got access to the box.

You would figure, like any responsible citizen out there, that if you had a gun locked in a box somewhere, that you would know EXACTLY where that key is at all times. Especially when the OPP try to tone down the whole issue by claiming after the fact that they can carry locked guns in a vehicle under certain circumstances.

Well I don’t know about anyone else, but I would certainly expect that one of those circumstances would be to know EXACTLY where that key is at all times! Says a lot about the responsibility being shown throughout this situation. I wonder if this OPP officer were to ever collect evidence, would they misplace that or “forget” what they did with it? Possibly causing harm to someone’s court case out there. This screams verses to me on that regards.

Honestly, I think there is a lot to this story we didn’t really hear about. Because I find this way too convenient of a story. In my personal “Freedom of Expression” opinion, I think this is someone that knows the officer in question. I find it rather convenient that a thief can break into an officers home (while the officer is there), steal that key, steal the cruiser, etc.. and they try to downplay it as a random act.

The average joe would be screwed if they did something like this. But yet again, the OPP will get away with it. Like they usually do. Don’t have a law in the books, make it up as they go along.

I give thanks to all the OPP who are there and actually doing their job with care, not the absent minded or negligent like this issue stinks of, or the ones crawling up peoples butts on the roadways trying to get tickets served during quota time, or the ones beating those they are supposed to be protecting (regardless of what the circumstances are).

This was one massive blunder, and yes, as far as I am concerned, heads should roll over this issue.

And although, in a small town, this may present problems for institutions (such as the press, law enforcement, and government), these should nevertheless act on behalf of the larger community; sitting on news, looking the other way, or practicing favouritism just undermines these professions and discredits their labour.

Sure it’s easy for me to talk — having no friends, and my kin being well behaved, or maybe just sneaky — but even if that weren’t the case, one might consider a change of calling rather than putting their integrity at risk and that of their colleagues.