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Yesterday at work a guy brings in a small 90 lb safe marked "Property of US Government" and a parachute off of the ejection seat of a F18. He tells the desk officer that he found it in the yard this morning.
The officer recommends that he take it to Carswell JRB and the guy says that he just came from there. He showed the desk officer the business card from a person on the base who told him that since it was found off base, it was the police's problem. The desk officer calls the number on the card and confirms that the man did in fact bring the items to the base, and they were refused.
So, the desk officer takes the guy's info and calls for an officer to take the items to the property room. There they will sit for years unless claimed and then they will be disposed of (don't ask me how).
When the officer gets to the property room, the technician refuses the safe unless it is opened. This is to ensure that there is nothing hazardous in the safe.
Well, no one knows the combination, and the officer is at a loss of what to do, so he calls me.
There are two options. Take it to a locksmith and they bill the city, or take it to a fire station, because firemen can get into anything (and for free).
So, I meet the officer at a firestation where the LT tries prying the bottom of. This will take forever, so I ask him if he can just cut the top off with the gas powered cutting wheel that looks like this but with a metal cutting wheel:
I have to stand on the safe to hold it while he cuts it, but the saw makes quick work of the safe:
Once inside the only thing is the "Thank You" packet from the Mosler Safe Co.
So, we destroyed a perfectly good safe that the government would not take back. Instead of tagging a safe, my officer submitted a 90 pound piece of scrap metal that will sit in the property room for years.
I'm so proud to have a government that works without common sense.
The officer recommends that he take it to Carswell JRB and the guy says that he just came from there. He showed the desk officer the business card from a person on the base who told him that since it was found off base, it was the police's problem. The desk officer calls the number on the card and confirms that the man did in fact bring the items to the base, and they were refused.
So, the desk officer takes the guy's info and calls for an officer to take the items to the property room. There they will sit for years unless claimed and then they will be disposed of (don't ask me how).
When the officer gets to the property room, the technician refuses the safe unless it is opened. This is to ensure that there is nothing hazardous in the safe.
Well, no one knows the combination, and the officer is at a loss of what to do, so he calls me.
There are two options. Take it to a locksmith and they bill the city, or take it to a fire station, because firemen can get into anything (and for free).
So, I meet the officer at a firestation where the LT tries prying the bottom of. This will take forever, so I ask him if he can just cut the top off with the gas powered cutting wheel that looks like this but with a metal cutting wheel:
I have to stand on the safe to hold it while he cuts it, but the saw makes quick work of the safe:
Once inside the only thing is the "Thank You" packet from the Mosler Safe Co.
So, we destroyed a perfectly good safe that the government would not take back. Instead of tagging a safe, my officer submitted a 90 pound piece of scrap metal that will sit in the property room for years.
I'm so proud to have a government that works without common sense.
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