Broomfield PD

[Daniel_187]

My brother did some dumb things about a year ago and had a run in with the Broomfield PD and had his pistol and 2 Knives taking into there Propety and Evidence. Well now He's all clear, and went through the proper channels and the Jugde said he is good to go to get his stuff back. When he called Propety and Evidence they "lost" his pistol and knives, Should he contact someone IE ATF and see what he Should do? Or What? It was not a junker pistol it was worth around $900 and knives another $200. Any Ideas?

[Monky]

http://www.9news.com/news/article/18...r-blames-media


Uhhh.. yeah your brother is fucked. There was an article which I fail at finding..but this is the follow on to it.. Basically.. they've lost a shit ton of evidence due to having inept people, not caring, and theft.

[DSB OUTDOORS]

http://www.9news.com/news/article/18...r-blames-media


Uhhh.. yeah your brother is fucked. There was an article which I fail at finding..but this is the follow on to it.. Basically.. they've lost a shit ton of evidence due to having inept people, not caring, and theft.

^^^^^^ I agree!! Thats BullSHIT I heard that they have to hold those items in lockup for at least 2 years!! Some one stole them!!

[Elhuero]

holy shit, insert anti cop comment here.

I could be wrong, but your bro is most likely SOL.

[BPTactical]

I would have an attorney draft a letter of request/demand to be made whole and have it sent certified to the Chief and the entire City Council. I would think the letter should have a description of the case, case #, serial # of the firearm and full description and replacement cost of the items missing and final judgement and whatever else that the attorney would deem necessary.
Some may think "Governmental Immunity" in this case but I doubt it-GI only covers the entity in the "Good Faith" executions of City duties. It will not cover them in the case of employee negligence or theft.
I would think that reasonable timeframe would be 30 days to be made whole.
If they balk then contacting the BATF may be a good hole card to have in your hand but I would not tip your hand just yet. I doubt the BATF would show much humor with missing firearms especially from a PD evidence locker. I would think that anybody with access to said locker during the time in question would get pretty nervous if the BATF started poking around.
I would definitly contact an attorney though before contacting the city.

[cstone]

I would have an attorney draft a letter of request/demand to be made whole and have it sent certified to the Chief and the entire City Council. I would think the letter should have a description of the case, case #, serial # of the firearm and full description and replacement cost of the items missing and final judgement and whatever else that the attorney would deem necessary.
Some may think "Governmental Immunity" in this case but I doubt it-GI only covers the entity in the "Good Faith" executions of City duties. It will not cover them in the case of employee negligence or theft.
I would think that reasonable timeframe would be 30 days to be made whole.
If they balk then contacting the BATF may be a good hole card to have in your hand but I would not tip your hand just yet. I doubt the BATF would show much humor with missing firearms especially from a PD evidence locker. I would think that anybody with access to said locker during the time in question would get pretty nervous if the BATF started poking around.
I would definitly contact an attorney though before contacting the city.

+1 In addition to the cost of the property the PD lost, the city should bear the cost of your brother's attorney's fees to recover damages. This is chain-of-custody 101. If the pistol and knives were needed by a prosecutor to convict a homicidal maniac (not in this case) how bad would the PD look when the case was dismissed because of negligence, at best, or conversion by a city employee, just as likely. Depending on the attorney you find to draft the letter, the idea of publicity to highlight the mismanagement of evidence by the PD could also be discussed. No Chief or Mayor wants or needs that kind of publicity.

[mx'r]

Damnit. Tough spot to be in. Just be glad that he's allowed to own guns still after a brush with the Liberal Colorado law ( not directed at cops, but the judges/DA's).

[Byte Stryke]

E-mails: Broomfield looks for 'leaker,' blames media

Really?


I would think all of the people looking for their property to be returned would have been the initial tip-off!

fu*king thieves



Good news is, if you have ANY type of case against you in Broomfield you can now call into question the credibility of the evidence lockup, chain of custody as well as the entire departments credibility.
Pfft, Maybe the cop that cited you is the thief...
who knows? Let the jury decide.