We need Gun control on the police

[larrymeyer]

http://www.officer.com/online/articl...ion=1&id=39418

Philadelphia Officer Held in Home Invasion
Updated: December 19th, 2007 09:49 AM PDT

By GENE D"ALESSANDRO; Inquirer Staff Writer
The Philadelphia Inquirer

A Philadelphia police officer is in the Montgomery County jail, charged in connection with a home invasion early Monday in Pottstown, law enforcement officials said.

A second man also is jailed, while a third remains at large, said Risa Vetri Ferman, Montgomery County first assistant district attorney.

Malik Snell, an 11-year veteran of the police department, was the alleged getaway driver after the home invasion turned violent, Ferman said yesterday. Ferman said Snell led Pottstown police on a chase that reached 130 m.p.h.

Philadelphia police said Snell was suspended for 30 days with intent to dismiss. Snell has been a police officer since 1996, according to city payroll records. He is assigned to the 18th District in West Philadelphia.

The break-in took place after midnight on Rowland Street in Pottstown, Ferman said. Snell waited in an SUV while his brother-in-law, Tyree Aimes, also of Philadelphia, and Stephon Gibson, forced their way inside the property, she said.

Ferman said the men were looking to retaliate against someone they thought had stolen money from a friend of theirs who was a drug dealer.

Apparently, the men picked the wrong address and broke into the apartment of a couple who were not involved, Ferman said. Aimes and Gibson beat the couple at gunpoint and fled, Ferman said. Snell and Aimes left in the SUV; Gibson was left behind, she said.

Pottstown police were soon in pursuit of Snell's vehicle, traveling north on Route 422. The high-speed chase spilled into Berks County, where Exeter Township police tried to lay out spike strips to stop the SUV.

Before they set up the road spikes, Snell's SUV crashed into another vehicle near the intersection of Route 422 and Gibraltar Road, said Exeter Township Officer Joe Malone.

The three people in the other vehicle were treated at Reading Hospital and released. Aimes and Snell left the scene on foot, and were arrested by a Pottstown K-9 officer and two Exeter police officers, Malone said.

Snell, found hiding in a shed, was arrested when a police dog bit him after he refused to comply with police, Ferman said.

Gibson had not been apprehended and was considered armed and dangerous, Ferman said.

Snell and Aimes were being held at Montgomery County Prison, with bail set at $500,000, according to the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office.

Contact staff writer Gene D'Alessandro at 215-854-2443 or gdalessandro@phillynews.com.

[Kypt]

Holy shit, that's pretty screwed up right there. Shows you really can't trust anyone these days.

[jtkratzer]

I fail to see how your title has anything to do with this article? We all know some cops break the laws, but what does gun control have to do with it?

[sgt7546]

So by putting additional gun controls on Police, we will stop one bad Police Officer from being a conspirator in a home invasion?

[KeithPA]

I fail to see how your title has anything to do with this article? We all know some cops break the laws, but what does gun control have to do with it?

The Antis constantly say only police should have guns, because they are always the good guys and are well trained. When both are not always true.

Wild story, you'd think a cop would be smarter.

TUALATIN, Ore. - A man accidentally shot and killed his wife while practicing drawing a pistol from a holster in the couple's Tualatin apartment Sunday night, police said.

Kimberly Lynn Osbrink, 23, was rushed to Oregon Health and Science University, where she was pronounced dead, police said.

According to police, officers responded to a report of a shooting at the couple's apartment about 10:30 p.m. and found 24-year-old Ryan Michael Osbrink giving his wife first-aid.

The man told police he was drawing a .45-caliber semi-automatic pistol from a holster when it accidentally fired as his wife entered the room, hitting her in the abdomen, police said.

Ryan Osbrink was scheduled to begin working for the Clark County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday but the gun he fired Sunday evening was his own and did not belong to the sheriff's office, police said.

His employment there has been delayed pending the outcome of the investigation, which will be forwarded to the district attorney's office for review, police said.

http://www.komotv.com/news/local/12603436.html

[jtkratzer]

That story above, about the guy who killed his wife...google his name, he's a decorated marine...I don't think it was accidental. Iraq war vet who was awarded a Bronze Star, don't tell me it was an accident because of unsafe gun handling.

[sjl127]

The Philadelphia Police Department is as corrupt as any police agency can get.

[wboggs]

Hey when the cop loses his job he can apply here in Pittsburgh where criminal backgrounds dont matter. I heard one City Council Member in a television broad casted meeting essentially say hiring people with troubled backgrounds is their duty because people deserve a chance to be rehabilitated. Can you believe it?