Criminal Pulls Gun In Back Seat of Squad Car

[ChunkyMonkey]

[QUOTE]An intoxicated man pulled a loaded handgun on two Metro Transit police officers while in the back of their squad car, after a pat-down by the officers failed to find the weapon.

The man, identified by authorities as 21 year-old Wesley Rogers, had been seen "harassing" a woman at 7th St S and Nicollet Mall in downtown Minneapolis shortly after four o'clock in the afternoon on Dec. 4, officials said. Metro Transit Ofcs. Jason Malland and Adam Marvin,
assigned on a detail in the area, responded and found Rogers "obviously
intoxicated."

A pat-down search of Rogers by the officers found "an open bottle of liquor." Rather than arrest Rogers or take him to a detox facility, the officers decided to take Rogers to his North Minneapolis home as a "courtesy," according to Metro Transit.

Officers "heard a metal clunk" from the rear while driving, pulled over,
and found Rogers had pointed "a loaded .38 revolver" at them "while in a
squad."

The incident was captured on a rear-facing squad surveillance camera.

The gun was not fired and Rogers was "subdued" and taken to the Hennepin County Jail.[/QUOTE]

[jhood001]

Terrifying. What fantasy universe exists where violent criminals under arrest still believe they have a chance at a normal life?

Too much 'hip-hop', GTA, and big-screen theater made this asshole think he had a chance.

Shame on the LEOs for putting this bitch of a man inside their vehicle while carrying a weapon.

Good on them for being alive to talk about it.

[Byte Stryke]

Both officers should be suspended without pay pending an evaluation and retraining on search procedures.
they failed to properly perform their job functions.

There is NO way I would let thugalicious sit behind me in a car without knowing everything he had on him/her as well as being restrained behind the back.


had "homie" had better motor function, someone might not have been going home.

[waxthis]

Wow, just wow...

[Bailey Guns]

Unfortunate and scary...but it happens every day even though it shouldn't. Officers fail to perform thorough pat-down searches for a variety of reasons and sometimes it doesn't turn out this good.

I was going to cover an officer at a store where an 18 year old male was in custody for shoplifting in the security office. I heard what sounded like a gunshot just as I walked into the office area. Turns out as soon as the first officer arrived and before she could even talk to the kid he was able, while handcuffed behind his back, to pull a .357 from the rear of his waistband and twist around enough to shoot himself in the head. The security guys had missed a 4" S&W Model 19 tucked into his back waistband.

These guys were lucky. It looked to me that maybe the guy was trying to hide the gun rather than harm them with it. But who knows?

[buffalobo]

Glad all turned out safe. Carelessness and apathy can often be painful in high risk jobs.

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[sniper7]

Lucky for them. Guy is damn retarded if they were just giving him a ride home. Obviously he had even more to hide.

[Ronin13]

Both officers should be suspended without pay pending an evaluation and retraining on search procedures.
they failed to properly perform their job functions.

There is NO way I would let thugalicious sit behind me in a car without knowing everything he had on him/her as well as being restrained behind the back.


had "homie" had better motor function, someone might not have been going home.

Well it did say they were simply taking him home, he wasn't under arrest so no need to cuff him, but I agree they should have been more thorough in their pat-down. Glad they weren't hurt.

[ChuckNorris]

There's no fixing stupid! Could have had a ride home and been in the clear.

Someone was looking out for those cops!

[cstone]

Another good training film for police officers.

You only find what you are looking for. If you don't think something is there, you will not find it because you aren't looking for it.

Some mistakes will kill you. The mistakes that don't should be considered a learning experience.

Be safe.