fallen out of a squad car<\/a> \u2014 thunk \u2014 onto the streets of Los Angeles.<\/p>\nThe pessimistic among us may have thought they would never see that gun again. After all, a weapon like that sells for more than $800 new.<\/p>\n
But the Sheriff\u2019s Department news release appealed to residents\u2019 best instincts. They asked for the public to help find the rifle and its bullets. <\/p>\n
What do you do when you lose something? You retrace your steps. The deputies probably did just that. The Sheriff\u2019s Department also invited the public to retrace the deputies\u2019 route, detailing in the news release the roads they took when the gun went missing.<\/p>\n
On Monday afternoon, the Sheriff\u2019s Department got its gun back. No word yet on whether the deputies who lost track of the gun might now face discipline.<\/p>\n
A resident of Lennox came across the black, hard-shelled carrying case at 104th Street and Condon Avenue and picked it up.<\/p>\n
They thought someone might have lost a musical instrument, the Sheriff\u2019s Department said. Turns out it was an instrument of a different sort, and the resident turned in the weapon at the sheriff\u2019s South Los Angeles station posthaste.<\/p>\n
The department\u2019s thanks was effusive enough that it seemed officials also might have wondered whether they\u2019d ever see that gun again.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe deeply appreciate the honesty and integrity shown by our Lennox community member who acted responsibly and returned the lost rifle to our station,\u201d Capt. Nicole Palomino said. <\/p>\n
\u201cTheir actions are a powerful reminder of the vital role our residents play in helping keep our neighborhoods safe. We\u2019re truly grateful for their quick thinking and commitment to doing what\u2019s right which makes a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles County sheriff\u2019s deputies did something Sunday that some may have seen as fairly embarrassing: They misplaced…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":66460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[45491,1582,276,3040,7726,7614,47135,2961,224,5337,47136,3215,47137,12647,11449,12498,625,47138,18025],"class_list":{"0":"post-66459","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-assault-rifle","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-department","12":"tag-deputy","13":"tag-gun","14":"tag-high-road","15":"tag-la","16":"tag-los-angeles","17":"tag-losangeles","18":"tag-musical-instrument","19":"tag-news-release","20":"tag-nicole-palomino","21":"tag-public","22":"tag-resident","23":"tag-sheriff","24":"tag-street","25":"tag-vital-role","26":"tag-weapon"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}