Westminster, CO - Unmarked Boulder County
Sheriff's Detective's Car Stolen Outside His Apartment - The Detective's Car
Contains AR-15 And Ammunition
September 22,
2011
thedenverchannel.com
Police are searching for an unmarked Boulder County sheriff's car containing an assault rifle, ammunition and a bullet-proof vest that was stolen outside a detective's Westminster apartment overnight.
"When he awoke this morning, he noticed the keys to his vehicle missing. When he went to the parking lot, the vehicle was also missing," said Westminster police investigator Cheri Spottke.
The 2005 black Ford Taurus, with a Colorado license plate number 030FYO, was discovered missing at about 6 a.m. Thursday from the 3800 block of West 68th Street, said Boulder County Sheriff's Cmdr. Rick Brough.
The vehicle is equipped with emergency lights and a siren and a police radio, he said. The emergency lights are partially concealed and not easily visible. There's a small antenna mounted on the center of the trunk lid.
The sedan contained an AR-15 assault rifle stored in a locked vault in the truck along with three 30-round magazines and a concealable ballistic vest, Brough said.
Brough said deputies keep shotguns and rifles in the trunk vaults, secured with a combination lock or padlock. The sheriff’s office does not have a policy about removing the guns from cars when off-duty because officials feel the guns are secure in the vaults.
This is the first time the agency has had a car stolen, he noted.
It’s unclear whether the thief knew it was a police vehicle, said Brough, adding that he was wary of giving too many details about the storage of firearms in vehicles for fear that thieves could target other police cars.
Anyone seeing this vehicle is asked to call 911 immediately.
"When he awoke this morning, he noticed the keys to his vehicle missing. When he went to the parking lot, the vehicle was also missing," said Westminster police investigator Cheri Spottke.
The 2005 black Ford Taurus, with a Colorado license plate number 030FYO, was discovered missing at about 6 a.m. Thursday from the 3800 block of West 68th Street, said Boulder County Sheriff's Cmdr. Rick Brough.
The sedan contained an AR-15 assault rifle stored in a locked vault in the truck along with three 30-round magazines and a concealable ballistic vest, Brough said.
Brough said deputies keep shotguns and rifles in the trunk vaults, secured with a combination lock or padlock. The sheriff’s office does not have a policy about removing the guns from cars when off-duty because officials feel the guns are secure in the vaults.
This is the first time the agency has had a car stolen, he noted.
It’s unclear whether the thief knew it was a police vehicle, said Brough, adding that he was wary of giving too many details about the storage of firearms in vehicles for fear that thieves could target other police cars.
Anyone seeing this vehicle is asked to call 911 immediately.