I wonder if I can still buy a badge from them?All of the Cotteys are related.
I wonder if I can still buy a badge from them?All of the Cotteys are related.
I wouldn't doubt it.I wonder if I can still buy a badge from them?
I guess it was good luck with a different central Indiana department or that it was so long ago that the citizenry was treated differently. I had a revolver stolen from my truck along with some cash and a few other items. The thief was apprehended trying to sell my gun to the owner of a gas station. The owner informed the Police of the pending sale after he told the thief to come back the next day when he could have the money. Of course were there to witness the whole transaction and the thief was arrested and found guilty. I was called in to the Police department to identify the revolver approximately three months after it was stolen and allowed to take it with me that day. I hadn't even recorded the seria number of the gun, so all I gave the investigating officer was the brand and a description when I reported it stolen. Times sure have changed. I hope you get your gun back soon.
Growing up the county sheriff was it. We didbt have a police department. Unless something realy bad happened and you knew it because the state police would be there.I guess it was good luck with a different central Indiana department or that it was so long ago that the citizenry was treated differently. I had a revolver stolen from my truck along with some cash and a few other items. The thief was apprehended trying to sell my gun to the owner of a gas station. The owner informed the Police of the pending sale after he told the thief to come back the next day when he could have the money. Of course were there to witness the whole transaction and the thief was arrested and found guilty. I was called in to the Police department to identify the revolver approximately three months after it was stolen and allowed to take it with me that day. I hadn't even recorded the seria number of the gun, so all I gave the investigating officer was the brand and a description when I reported it stolen. Times sure have changed. I hope you get your gun back soon.
You sure about that?These days, without the serial number the thief wouldn’t have even been arrested or had the gun taken away claiming it was his gun since you didn’t have definitive proof it was yours.
These days, without the serial number the thief wouldn’t have even been arrested or had the gun taken away claiming it was his gun since you didn’t have definitive proof it was yours.
That brings up another question (maybe for McGrease08?) What do you have to produce to the property room to prove "proof of ownership" when they actually do get around to giving your property back?
Retail purchase receipt?
Picture of the gun/serial number?
Well, for me, the serial number of the gun was in the initial police report when I reported it as stolen.
Once they told me it had been recovered and I was able to start the process to have it returned, I had to provide govt issued ID, a thumb print and they ran an instant background check to confirm I was a proper person.
15 months later they were finally ready to release it to me. That meant another trip down to the city county building (during work hours) where I filled out a release form, showed ID again, and had to submit another thumb print which was visually matched against the first one I had submitted. But they skipped the instant background check that time.
Then I was sent down to the property room where I turned in the signed slip and waited for about 15 minutes when an elderly gentleman retrieved the brown carton sealed with evidence tape.
Then It was another couple of minutes waiting for a MC Sheriff's Deputy to escort me out of the building.
So they did a background check to start the process... but not when they actually turned the gun over to you? Seems kind of screwy. You would have thought if they were going to do one, it would have been just before they returned it. Not that I'm advocating for it, just thinking out loud.
Agreed, especially considering the 15 month gap.
I seem to recall them telling me they would do it again at the end of the process, but when they didn't, I didn't push the issue.
Agreed, especially considering the 15 month gap.
I seem to recall them telling me they would do it again at the end of the process, but when they didn't, I didn't push the issue.
Excellent!! Props to Kirk.A little bump for good news, bad news.
Good = Thanks to our own Kirk Freeman I got a call from the property room gal just after 2 PM today saying to come get my firearm. Kirk lit a fire under some asses downtown. I asked when can I come get it? Today? The lady who called said "today". OK!
Bad = I finished up some work and headed downtown from the North side, arriving just after 3 PM to learn nobody was in the downstairs ID department to re-finger print me and release my firearm. I was not happy and may have made my displeasure well know in a not so quiet tone of voice.
They are closed on Tuesdays! I will try again Wednesday morning. Stay tuned.
Excellent!! Props to Kirk.