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First of all, tell your buddy to get a car safe or lock box that is bolted to the car. "Smash and grab" targets things like backpacks and purses. Never leave a gun in a backpack if it is not being carried. I don't know why a CHL holder, if he is one, would not have the gun with him or locked up in a safe or box so criminals do not have immediate access to it. Just an observation.

If a LEO takes my ammo I will raise a stink about it. I will do it the official and polite way but I will not let it go until my ammo is returned or I receive an apology that my property was stolen. Policy means nothing to me. That is my property and I will fight to get it back. If the department won't let me have it I will go to the press and web. There is no legitimate reason for them to keep property that is no longer needed for the case. None. I wouldn't let them keep cash from my stolen and recovered wallet and I will not let them have $20 in ammo.

That said, God bless the majority of LEOs that are good. They truly are a gift. That is why we need to run everyone that is not good out.

Do something about it. They cannot be allowed to continue to take property without cause. There is no difference between the HPs and the backpack or anything else in it. I am not bashing LEOs at all. However, these guys had no cause to take the persons property and that practice must stop. If we do nothing about it then it will continue and possibly get worse. Saying a specific LEO or department isn't capable of theft is as ignorant as claiming that was the reason they kept the ammo. Honestly, there are LEOs that take advantage of their position and steal property every chance they get. Those few make the majority look guilty. It is the same as a person developing opinion of any group from the wrongs of a few. Let those few continue their wrongs and the majority looks bad. That is my opinion.