Coral Springs,  FL - Fort Lauderdale Unmarked Police Car Stolen - Semi Automatic AR - 15 Missing

South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
AR-15 taken from stolen unmarked Lauderdale police car
Sun-Sentinel.com
2:26 PM EDT, September 15, 2008

FORT LAUDERDALE

A high-powered assault rifle was taken from a stolen, unmarked Fort Lauderdale police car, police said.

The vehicle was stolen from an undisclosed address in Coral Springs early today and recovered later in the 7000 block of Southgate Boulevard in Tamarac, said Fort Lauderdale police Sgt. Frank Sousa.

The gun was identified as an semi-automatic AR-15, Sousa said.

Sousa said the department's policy on guns is that they have to be locked and secured.

He said this gun was locked and secured in the trunk, so the officer did not violate any policies.

Police are not treating this case differently because a police car was involved, according to Sousa.

Authorities are investigating this theft as they would any other incident, he said.

No further details were available.
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