Sask. Highway Patrol chief fired for purchase of silencers, automatic rifles, etc.

[Wendell]

Saskatchewan's Ministry of Highways said Robin Litzenberger, the chief of the Saskatchewan Highway Patrol (SHP), was fired for purchasing silencers, a drone and a high-power rifle scope. The SHP was created in July 2018 and has been part of the province's Protection and Response Team (PRT), which is tasked with reducing rural crime. An auditor's investigation found the SHP was using purchasing cards to make "questionable purchases that did not have sufficient support to demonstrate business need or alignment with the Ministry's first-responder responsibilities." In her report, Provincial Auditor Judy Ferguson said the Ministry of Highways found itself the owner of various weaponry that is not included in The Municipal Police Equipment Regulations. The items include: Three nine-millimetre pistols; Two fully automatic rifles; One AR-10 carbine; 12 suppressors (silencers). "The ministry advises us legislation allows (it) to possess these firearms and weapons for training purposes even though it cannot use them in its highway patrol duties," Ferguson said in the report. Highways Minister Greg Ottenbreit said $560,000 of the purchases — things like body armour and cameras — were deemed usable. He said $140,000 of the purchased equipment cannot be used by the SHP and will be "locked up and liquidated to proper law agencies." "It was improper equipment we don't use and we don't need in the highway patrol," Ottenbreit said Thursday.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saska...ired-1.5627412

[Wendell]

[LittleLebowski]

Dibs on his stuff.

[WobblyPossum]

Dibs on his stuff.

What do you need 12 additional suppressors for? Let the rest of us get some. My only can is still in jail. You can have the AR-10