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StewNTexas wrote:It would appear that the 'Police Captain' could use a bit of retraining. Maybe start carrying his sidearm too.

Have the police been hamstringed so bad in Seattle that this could happen under normal circumstances?

I'm trying to figure out which one is dumber here. The robber or the police captain? If he was in FULL uniform, wouldn't he have had his weapon?

forgive me, I am missing the part where it said the Capt was unarmed.

just a note of interest about the previous story: I first heard of this story while standing in the seattle police department headquarters getting my fingerprints done for my med license. the lady taking my fingerprints says to me, "You just missed all the excitement!"
apparently, the bank robbery was NEXT DOOR to the SEATTLE POLICE HEADQUARTERS, about an hour before I got there! so yeah, I coulda been squaw in the middle of a bank robbery. turns out, as soon as the "call" came in, that HQ was, well, busy

just another "always carry" moment...

Monday, October 26, 2009 - Page updated at 02:44 PM

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Seattle police foil bank robbery in progress
John de Leon

Seattle police this afternoon disrupted a bank robbery in progress. We'll post a story shortly, but in the meantime here's the Seattle PD's news release on the incident:

On October 26th at approximately 11:55 a.m. a Seattle Police Captain in full uniform was inside a bank at 5th Avenue and Columbia Street conducting a business transaction when a teller notified him that a subject inside the bank appeared to be attempting to rob the bank. The captain approached the suspect and ordered him to stop and show his hands. The suspect disregarded the police commands and walked away toward the exit door. The captain again ordered the suspect to stop and show his hands. The suspect continued to disregard the police commands and walked outside to a waiting taxicab that had its passenger-side rear door open.


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The suspect got into the taxi. There was an adult female already in the rear seat of the taxi. The captain approached the taxi and ordered everyone inside the taxi to stop and show their hands. At that point the suspect threatened the taxi driver, telling him to drive away or physical harm would be visited upon him. The taxi driver jumped out of the taxi and ran away. The male suspect got out of the back seat of the taxi and got into the driver's seat of the taxi. Even though the taxi's engine was running, the suspect was unable to get the car into gear to drive away. While all of this was going on the captain was continuing to order both suspects to stop what they were doing and to show their hands, an order they continually disregarded. The male suspect then exited the vehicle and ran away carrying a dirty pink backpack.

The female suspect stayed in the back seat of the taxi with a purple backpack sitting next to her. She continued to disregard the captain's orders to show her hands. SWAT team officers were on patrol and responded to the scene, in addition to police negotiators. After the negotiators were unable to gain any compliance from the suspect, SWAT officers fired a less-lethal projectile through the rear window of the taxi. The female suspect surrendered shortly thereafter and was taken into custody without further incident. She was turned over to Robbery detectives who escorted her to police headquarters for questioning.

The male suspect remains at large. He is described as a black male, 6′2″ to 6â, 250 lbs, 35 to 40 years of age, wearing all black clothing and carrying a dirty pink backpack.

Nobody was injured during the course of the incident. Robbery detectives continue to actively investigate.

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dude's lucky someone didn't have an AD in his direction!

maybe if you want the seat warmer to be nice and toasty when you get in.
I mean, who doesn't like toasty buns??? Quizno's did a whole ad campaign based on that premise....

for me, I find the heater warms up significantly faster if I just drive it, as opposed to let it sit an idle.

seamusTX wrote:Smart crooks commit identity theft or white-collar crime, and many of them get away with it.

The smart, elegant "It Takes a Thief" criminal is probably rare.

- Jim

/agrees

what about security cameras with 1911's attached to'em???? wouldn't that be wikkid awesome!