Most of Broomfield's problems appear to be bad record keeping and physical accountability. The Chief is in a bad situation because he can't fire the two nimrods who are responsible for the fiasco in the evidence room as they could and probably would, sue for lack of training. Its one of a few suits that are allowed in law enforcement. Lack of training, lack of supervision, to name a couple. Both of which would apply here.

The course of action the Chief will most likely follow is, put a supervisor in there (which he now did), put the two employees through a formal training program, put them on a probationary status and if the issues continue, then he can remove them.

One of the issues observed by me is the violation of the separation rule. You need a more secure area in your evidence room or vault, in which you hold firearms, drugs and money in. An additional layer of protection. They are not to be mixed in with the rest of the evidence. Most use large gun vaults or a reinforced closet, dependent upon size of the department.

I hope Broomfield does get their house in order.

As for the missing firearm that started this thread, I'd go the attorney route with the drafted letter. ATF isn't going to care; FBI, DEA, etc, etc, aren't either. Too many people seem to believe the federal level of law enforcement is going to swoop in and take over something. Unless there is a federal law violation, they will not.