He simply conducted a security monitor. Although he should have returned it to the arsenal

30 days is excessive. Perhaps a verbal reprimand is applicable in this incident.

I also think 30 days with out pay is overboard.

he had the gun for six months with no ones knowlege and only brought it back when all the employees were threatend with the A.T.F. and state police.

I don't know where you got that information Sam but that's not true.

Why is this Officers name not published, he works for US, the citizens pay his salary, we have the right to know. Also I hope it`s just the author of the article that came up with the term "platoon". If the Po Po consider themselves platoon`s that implies we ' Citizens' are the enemy.

Protect and Serve ?

Sounds more like the theft of a firearm which is covered under federal law. What would the outcome be if someone stole another person's property, kept it for a period of time and only when the police were closing in, they returned it. Is this an "oops moment". Call it a "do over". 30 days without pay seems pretty lenient. The department needs to tighten their policies and procedures.

Why dont they tell us which officer? I dont think 30 days off without pay is bad at all. Isn't that actually considered stealing? How long would he have kept it if it was not noticed?

The 30 days was meant to look like a harsh penalty, when in reality it is a coverup to protect a fellow officer who should have been dismissed.

If it is discovered that a dps employee took the secured gun out of a patrol car and took it home to prove a point? will that employee get 30 days without pay?

Both should be dismissed neither one is above the law, The state police should have handled the investigation, not wyandotte police!!

Richard millers cable program (another opinion) was packed with one hour of information on this subject. It stated the gun was missing for six months. The gun was returned after the threat was made of state police and A.T.F. Becoming involved and if the D.P.S. Had not been broke into the missing gun may never have been noticed or returned!

The gun was taken home by this certain officer, with 5 loaded magazines, also it was a new AR15, The officer only came forward after admin at WPD, came forward and stated MSP internal affairs was gonna be notified, and once it was turned over to them, prosecution could not be stopped,,,Question here was there an intent to deprive, Answer, yes qualifies for a full felony....period WPD is corrupt, and they only prosecute crimes that don't affect there own..

I'm guessing the commission did not buy his story but could not prove it. You take something home and lock it up in a safe you probably are not planning on bringing it back. 30 days without pay? He's lucky he kept his job! If that would of been any of us regular folk we'd of had the feds busting our door down in the middle of the night and would of been charged with possession of a stolen firearm and possession of stolen government property.

His intent was never to keep it. The State Police and ATF were never threatened. If he wanted to keep it he would still have it and noone would have known he had it.

Because I know him and I know he's not a thief. If he wanted to keep it he would have. Noone would have ever known he had it.

Has anyone heard what officer it was and isn't afraid to tell?

I'm not afraid to tell I just don't think it's anyones business. Wyandottes a small town I'm sure you can figure it out.

I appreciate everyone's civility toward each other on this story regardless of what side you're on. Just to be clear, though, as people are asking about the officer's name. We have the officer's name but opted not to publish it as there were no criminal charges filed and the matter was handled internally. It's the same way we would handle any work-related disciplinary action, regardless of the employer.

Should the matter be discussed publicly at a City Council meeting, for instance, and the officer's name was publicly released, then that's another situation in which we would reassess our position. But for the time being, it's our decision not to name the officer involved.

The weapon was missing since May. That sounds like theft. The officer claims he was going to return it on the one year anniversary of taking it? There is no way that is believable. A private citizen would have been arrested and jailed. Just like this officer should have been. This has hometown coverup wrote all over it. The same would not happen to a citizen.

Totally agree with stewart, this is theft, anyone else would be fired and served jail time.

I read the article believing the weapon was taken overnight and ordered returned within the next day. I wasn't aware of a 6 month timeframe regarding this incident. At the state law enforcement agency which I am an eighteen year veteran, we have stringent weapon policies regarding issuance and return of weapons, restraints, vehicles, tazers, radios, etcetera. Multiple copies of items issued to what officer are utilized. In eighteen years I have returned my issued gear at the end of every duty day. One time I forgot to return my handcuffs to our arsenal. I was 5 minutes from my facility when a lieutenant called me and told me to return them. I did immediately. I was not aware the officer regarding the Wyandotte incident had a rifle and 5 mags for 6 months, so my original response read "perhaps a verbal reprimand". For those who were privy to the intimate details of this incident, forgive me. End of my personal statement regarding the Wyandotte PD rifle incident.

Think the WPD will let me "borrow" some of their firearms for a trip to the range?

Unbelievable, I'm just baffled that we are revisiting this issue again. It seems like it was just a year ago, but maybe a couple, that certain individuals were in hot water regarding firearms from the Wyandotte Police Department. WPD was purchasing new fire arms and the ones they no longer were using were purchased by certain individuals without it going through the normal process that 'any' equipment being sold to the public. And giving a fire arm to a retiring officer. For months it was debated while we all were schooled in the legalities of 'city owned property' . Are we to believe the officer in question was not aware of the seriousness of the handling of property...including fire arms???? Typically what happens when an officer does something wrong, like break a law that a civilian would go to jail for, the MSP are called in to do an investigation,{hahahahahaha} to determine if a crime had been committed, then when they're done with their investigation{hahahahaha} they turn the report over to the prosecutors office, where the prosecutor denies warrant based on 'insufficient evidence'... no crime.. no arrest, then the WPD will do their internal investigation to determine if any department policies were violated. Oh they are very experienced at sweeping things under the rug to keep it from the public. Now I could see having a bad day and you 'forget' to do something that would cause a violation. To that, I would say a write up would be sufficient.

Sounds like this cop thought he got a free gun. Then pretended to proving a point after being caught.