Not mine, but reposting for a member of another forum, and maybe soon to be a member here. Lynn LEO lost a VERY expensive personally owned light. Who knows, maybe someone will come across it or it will turn up. It is engraved with name and dept. "My Surefire R1 Lawman Was lost today while I did an 8 hour traffic enforcement overtime job. Made about 30 stops so I have no idea where it is. I turned that cruiser inside and out. I carried it in an open top Accumold baton pouch so be forewarned if you carry it in an open top holster. Had to go by the uniform shop and purchase a Streamlight Stinger DS LED and a closed top holster. Words cannot express how pissed off I am, the persons who got verbal warnings/written warnings from me are so lucky I discovered this at the end of shift. I did have my name and department engraved so fingers crossed it shows up."
That's why I own Streamlights...yeah, it may only be 90% as good as a Surefire, but it doesn't cost 2x as much. My clip-on light goes in my pocket. EDITED: 3x as much. Ouch!
I just Googled it... holy shit !! I hope he finds it... and or doesn't have a wife that's going to kill him for losing it !
Holy Shit! Over $300? I had a sure fire, older model, liked it a lot but just too few out there to have many holder choices, plus the charger was a pain. Still a nice light, though, for the time.
Maybe I'm being a ball buster, but if your discretionary ability is influenced because YOU lost your flashlight, and you would hem up people to feel better about your mistake, maybe you should be more careful. It's not the same as people bashing cops or hiring flag men, and us in turn increasing our enforcement efforts. Maybe I'm off base, but thinking out loud.
Thanks Hush, he posted it for me. I have not been on here in a long time and he got me to come back. csauce, I would say all of our discretionary ability is influenced by every thing that goes on in our lives. There are days that perfectly cordial persons get money cites and days I cut breaks to assholes.
My decisions to cite or not to cite are made seconds before I do either one. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Exactly. I'm not bashing him, I'm just saying for me the fact that I lost my flashlight wouldn't influence my decision to cite or not. No biggie. You're right, and that's not my thing either, it's just something commonly mentioned here so I used it as an example. Like I said, I'm not judging as much as offering an observation, write away!
If I was to misplace my flashlight, say, sometime after dark, I'd not be stopping anymore cars that night for simple safety reasons. That said, if I would lose my $100 flashlight, I'd be hitting the ceiling. Never mind this torch. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Funny shit this morning at Sig Academy when we all had Surefire lights making you feel the need to explain that the reason you had Streamlights was because you lost your Surefire.
Not where I work. I was leaving at midnight a couple days ago and one of guys left his wallet in the locker room. He had already left but I called him to meet me in the parking lot to get it. I had a pair of dirty socks stolen from our locker room.
Remember when you met me at Burger King on Quincy Avenue so I could get my Mag-Lite that I left in the cruiser? I would have just retrieved it on the first-half shift if I knew the day shift officer were as honest as you, but I didn't know who was working that sector on the day shift, so I took no chances.
