(It sounds like something on a sitcom or out of The Simpsons, doesn't it?)
Deputy leaves loaded gun in bar bathroom
Wed May 9, 8:54 PM ET
COTATI, Calif. - A Napa County sheriff's deputy walked into a bar bathroom and left without his gun, authorities said. The out-of-uniform officer forgot his loaded service revolver in the restroom of the Tradewinds Bar in downtown Cotati late Friday.
A customer found the gun and turned it over to restaurant staff, who called police, said Capt. John Robertson.
"In a very short time he realized he had left his gun in the bathroom," Robertson said.
The deputy, whose name has not been released, returned to the bar to find officers already on the scene.
The eight-year department veteran is still on patrol and has not been cited, though an internal investigation would be conducted, Robertson said.
(http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070510...ten_firearm;_ylt=AhKn5rVTJv7KuPySyVyQmKHtiBIF)
Deputy leaves loaded gun in bar bathroom
Wed May 9, 8:54 PM ET
COTATI, Calif. - A Napa County sheriff's deputy walked into a bar bathroom and left without his gun, authorities said. The out-of-uniform officer forgot his loaded service revolver in the restroom of the Tradewinds Bar in downtown Cotati late Friday.
A customer found the gun and turned it over to restaurant staff, who called police, said Capt. John Robertson.
"In a very short time he realized he had left his gun in the bathroom," Robertson said.
The deputy, whose name has not been released, returned to the bar to find officers already on the scene.
The eight-year department veteran is still on patrol and has not been cited, though an internal investigation would be conducted, Robertson said.
(http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070510...ten_firearm;_ylt=AhKn5rVTJv7KuPySyVyQmKHtiBIF)
