Bethlehem police to investigate photo of crossing guard with possible firearm

[CB57]

Bethlehem police to investigate photo of crossing guard with possible firearm


By Dan Hartzell, Special to The Morning Call

4:40 p.m. EDT, June 2, 2013

Bethlehem police plan to investigate a photograph that appears to show a school crossing guard openly wearing a firearm while on duty.

Chief Jason Schiffer said in an email that officials would not comment before determining whether the photo really shows a guard with a gun in a holster.

http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/m...,2100715.story

Intriguing story.

[IV_Warrior]

Assuming the guy has an LTCF, what's to investigate?

[zackattack784]

Assuming the guy has an LTCF, what's to investigate?

That's all there is to investigate, whether he has a LTCF. And since he's employed by the municipality, I would hope preemption should protect him when he's inevitably fired.

[CB57]

I guess theoretically they could look up if he has a LTCF if they know his name, but I don't know that they could ask him for it. Even then, isn't the list of people with a LTCF confidential?

[photoshooter]

Dominguez said he decided to take the photo because the situation concerns him. "You don't want violence around a school zone," he said, adding that the right to bear arms "doesn't give [the guard] a right" to carry a gun in or near a school

Nope, you don't want violence in a school zone. You want to disarm everyone so it can be a massacre. Am I the only one thinking that this could have easily been resolved in far less time than it took to write the story? Must have been a slow news day.

[Anthony1911]

Even then, isn't the list of people with a LTCF confidential?

PRIVACY ACT NOTICE
Solicitation of this information is authorized under Title 18 Pa.C.S. § 6111. Disclosure of your social security number is
voluntary. Your social security number, if provided, may be used to verify your identity and prevent misidentification. All
information supplied, including your social security number, is confidential and not subject to public disclosure.

That's what is stated on the application, however it doesn't say if the fact that you have a LTCF can be disclosed, just the information put on the application. So to answer your question, I'm not sure.

[yeager484]

Did he enter a vehicle or conceal it?
Nevermind. Less than a thousand feet. I get it.

[Curmudgeon]

Did he enter a vehicle or conceal it?
Nevermind. Less than a thousand feet. I get it.

get what?


EDIT: Here is the Facebook page for Abimael Dominguez: https://www.facebook.com/abimael.dominguez.1

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[CB57]

get what?

Less than a thousand feet, he would need a LTCF, I guess. But it's no one's business if he has one, is it? I can't walk around Walmart and ask everyone carrying a child if it's their child, or if they kidnapped it, I guess.

[DennisH82]

Just another self mportant a- hole bringing PRNY/NJ views to PA.