tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post6102734831742278732..comments2024-02-24T05:11:30.646-06:00Comments on The Director's Desk: Quicker is betterTom Casadyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188041481309059441noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-60711782992910688362011-10-03T15:35:16.971-05:002011-10-03T15:35:16.971-05:00I don't think Pandora owned any guns.I don't think Pandora owned any guns.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10369138557977907215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-85081969078266179782011-09-30T20:51:09.309-05:002011-09-30T20:51:09.309-05:00Director,
The database of LOCAL stolen property is...Director,<br />The database of LOCAL stolen property is great. However I have a feeling stolen firearms probably "travel" farther than other stolen items when a thief sells them. If I remember correctly some of the Scheel's stolen firearms were recovered quite a distance from Nebraska. For that reason a FEDERAL database of stolen firearms would be great. I have written letters about this to our Senators and Congressmen but I think it is going to take hundreds of letters to do it. It might be opening up Pandora's box.<br /><br />Gun NutAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-53371560754504400372011-09-30T15:12:17.918-05:002011-09-30T15:12:17.918-05:00By the way, Gun Nut and others...
To search by MA...By the way, Gun Nut and others...<br /><br />To search by MAKE most effectively, it helps to understand how these are entered.<br /><br />The MAKE in LPD stolen property records (such as <a href="http://wollensak1580.webs.com/002.JPG" rel="nofollow">Wollensock</a>, <a href="http://www.hotautoweb.com/sites/default/files/classic-car-images/615/1959-Studebaker-Silver-Hawk-Exterior-01.jpg" rel="nofollow">Studebaker</a>, <a rel="nofollow">Pulsar</a> and so forth) is a six-character abbreviation that follows the old NCIC format. Here's how it works: <br /><br />If the MAKE a one-word name, it is the first six characters. A name less than six letters simply gets padded out with spaces automatically:<br /><br />Remington = REMING<br />Colt = COLT<br />Samsung = SAMSUN<br /><br />A two word name is also six characters but will be the first letter of the first word, followed by a space, followed by the first four letters of the second word--for a total of six:<br /><br />Thompson Center = T CENT<br />Hewlett Packard = H PACK<br />Porter Cable = P CABL<br /><br />A three word make is similar, always six characters total, including spaces:<br /><br />National Cash Register = N C RE<br /><br />Can't think of any other three-word makes right now....<br /><br />Ignore connectors like "and" or &:<br /><br />Pratt & Whitney = P WHIT<br />Black & Decker = B DECK<br />Smith & Wesson = S WESSTom Casadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03188041481309059441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-18866925311413395782011-09-30T15:06:16.747-05:002011-09-30T15:06:16.747-05:00Gun Nut:
I agree with you for the most part, thou...Gun Nut:<br /><br />I agree with you for the most part, though I'm not 100% against gun registration. I figure, as long as I am an honest citizen, I have no reason to fear gun registration, and it could help me to get my gun back should it be stolen. Yes, Big Brother might someday choose to confiscate all the privately owned guns, but at that point, I'd just as die trying to keep mine as let them take it. :)<br /><br />It's funny to me that the city has a law requiring one to report the sale of a gun with a form that is supposed to be available from LPD, and yet no one seems to want the form and it doesn't say what to do with it once you fill it out. I can't even find the form on line anymore. I downloaded it once when I was selling a handgun to a friend, but I practically had to beg LPD to take it and record it so that I would no longer be the registered owner. To be frank, I doubt if anyone ever did, as I never got any reply when I finally mailed it to LPD.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10369138557977907215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-63602993804610681612011-09-30T14:48:12.214-05:002011-09-30T14:48:12.214-05:00GunNut:
Can't solve that on a national level,...GunNut:<br /><br />Can't solve that on a national level, but we've already done so in our little burg, several years ago:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.lincoln.ne.gov/city/police/stats/items.htm#FLOC" rel="nofollow">Stolen Firearms</a> reported to the Lincoln Police Department within the previous three years. Use CTRL-F ( or Edit/Find) to search.Tom Casadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03188041481309059441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-79334790581739461972011-09-29T15:23:53.793-05:002011-09-29T15:23:53.793-05:00Mr. Director,
One database I would really like to ...Mr. Director,<br />One database I would really like to see made available to the General Public is a database of stolen firearms. I don't want to buy a firearms that has been stolen but currently a civilian does not have access to a list of stolen weapons like the NCIC(?) database. Letting private citizens access this list would probably reduce the number of stolen firearms.<br /><br />I am 100% against firearms registration but I am also 100% against buying a stolen firearm. A database of this type would help an honest firearm purchaser in the buying process.<br /><br />Gun NutAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-30907995465380113502011-09-29T10:32:14.158-05:002011-09-29T10:32:14.158-05:00Really? They didn't pick up on "marijuana...Really? They didn't pick up on "marijuana kitty in a box?" That story went international.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-60084896946883532452011-09-29T08:45:21.774-05:002011-09-29T08:45:21.774-05:00I never could figure out why so many things take a...I never could figure out why so many things take as much time as they do. Seems to me filing the report is going to take the same amount of time whether one does it immediately, or saves it until later. Why put it off? Better yet, if it can wait "two weeks to three months", is it worth doing at all?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10369138557977907215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-22871678415616571952011-09-29T08:39:55.870-05:002011-09-29T08:39:55.870-05:00As I have pointed out to many younger LPD "ce...As I have pointed out to many younger LPD "centurions" they have no idea how progressive LPD is compared to other agencies of the same size. The biggest advantage is the use of a single database available to all officers. Compare that to many jurisdictions and you will see they have multiple databases that are not correlated and certainly not accessible by all officers of that department. It really is a shame that officers at LPD and the citizens of the city of Lincoln have no opportunity to critically compare the information resource management capabilities they have until they leave the agency from which they derived that benefit.<br />Appreciate what you have and ask other agencies what they can offer for comparison for information available to every officer on the street or in command.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7225570644228196036.post-81953306034506314132011-09-29T07:47:21.456-05:002011-09-29T07:47:21.456-05:00I suspect it is about the same number of stolen au...I suspect it is about the same number of stolen autos per capita, and Colorado has many more residents.<br><br><br />If staffing of agencies are trimmed to the bare minimums, it stands to reason that they are overloaded by the shear volume of stolen autos to get them entered in a timely fashion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com