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The long (and silly) arm of the law
Had it not been for L.A.P.D., the Kern County Sheriff's Department may never have realized 20 handguns were missing from its property room. Read the story here and check out the sheriff's news release which contains this disturbing line: The Kern County Sheriff's Office confirmed that the handgun was supposed to be in the Kern County Sheriff's Office property room. Meanwhile, across town a BPD officer was apprehending a man who had stripped to his boxer shorts as part of a KLLY radio show contest. The story is here, and it explains why the man spent some time in the back of the police car: The officer saw Smith taking his clothes off and was worried he might strip down completely. And you absolutely must listen to the radio broadcast which gives a play-by-play of the incident. It includes this classic on-air line from the DJ on location: "Uh-oh. C.K.'s going in the back of the squad car right now."
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posted by
sagefever
on May 20, 2008 at 07:56 AM
And his opponent in the contest,a woman,received no such attention from the police...that missing gun episode is a tad scary.
posted by
adampayne
on May 20, 2008 at 08:37 AM
Makes a lot of sense having a temp employee handling evidence weapons. That's what I call management!
posted by
TSM
on May 20, 2008 at 09:38 AM
Makes a lot of sense having a temp employee handling evidence weapons. That's what happens when you cut corners and hire part-time and temporary workers in place of full-time, permanent employees.
posted by
witterpitters
on May 20, 2008 at 10:10 AM
GEEZE LOUISE - what a waste of money, hiring a temp. They could have had one of the "lerdo" convicts sit there for nothing!!!! They would be "full-time" and most of them would be "pernament"!!! posted by
NancyII
on May 20, 2008 at 10:31 AM
They aren't really "temps" in the strictest sense. Most county jobs start out as "Extra Help" where they work 9 months then have 2 months off before being called back. Providing they are acceptable that is. They get no benefits at all, o paid holidays or sick leave, but are put through the same drug tests and orientation as any county employee. The are employees of the county and not a "temp" service. All the same duties apply, all the same responsibilites, confidentiality and so forth. The pay is the same as well. I was hired as Extra Help and on the last day of my 9 months I was informed I was made permanent. When the union got the raise for county workers, they started doing away with some of the permanent positions and filled them with extra help. When I left in Feb. I was told that my Permanent position was now EH. A lot of people who have insurance coverage through another source prefer to work that way for the two months off. I considered it but decided even that was more work than I wanted. posted by
mildmannered1
on May 20, 2008 at 01:01 PM
My dept runs on extra help. You train them, they get experience, they leave. Repeat.
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