Cops again getting machine guns unlawfully
The Albany Police Officers Union wants to keep secret the names of any officers who illicitly purchased machine guns through the department years ago.
The union served papers Tuesday seeking to intervene in a Freedom of Information lawsuit filed by the Times Union, which is asking a judge to order the city to release the records.
The scandal was first exposed in an Aug. 26 Times Union story which reported that dozens of officers, as well as an assistant chief and at least one Albany County prosecutor, had used the department to illegally buy the federally regulated guns at tax-exempt, discount prices. They claimed the guns were for “official duties only” and subsequently registered them to the department, records obtained by the Times Union show.
In the wake of that report, Chief James W. Tuffey said the fully automatic guns were never deployed on the street and that many of the officers who got them were simply gun enthusiasts who used the department to illicitly obtain the automatic weapons.
In Illinois, the troopers got off scott free. Wonder what will happen in this case?
October 18th, 2007 at 6:10 am
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October 18th, 2007 at 9:14 am
Most District Attorneys, who are elected officials, lust for the “police endorsement” and will do just about anything (that is not clearly illegal) to curry favor with the local police union bosses. Exercising prosecutorial discretion so that cops are only charged for crimes that otherwise have “high media” attention, and allowed to “walk” on most criminal activity? Sure. That’s why it’s called discretion (just as cops won’t even arrest other cops unless there is a body or outside pressure to do so). In this regard, it is a fully corrupt system.
October 18th, 2007 at 10:04 am
Police + gun collection = gun enthusiast.
Civilian + gun collection = gun nut.
October 18th, 2007 at 10:35 am
I wonder if we can get information regarding whether or not this Cop union supported a repeal of Tiahrt? If they did….
HYPOCRITES!!!!
October 18th, 2007 at 2:26 pm
“In Illinois, the troopers got off scott free. Wonder what will happen in this case?”
My bet is that the Albany cops will too. Any takers?
October 22nd, 2007 at 5:34 pm
The BATFE ought to get the heck out of Red’s in Idaho and go arrest some gun criminals!