As second cop dies, Phuket Police Chief declares deadly cop gunfight case closed

[sebastion]

Two police dead and no civilian casualties. Sounds like something to celebrate.

[williamgeorgeallen]

great the case is closed and we can relax again. would be better if the cops checked their handguns out and back in at the start and end of shifts. tricky as they have to buy them themselves. probably cant trust the stations to look after them either and there is possibility of the side arms being rented back out. we had a cop come down to my watersports culb. i opened the money draw and his 9mm was sitting beside the money bag. my shop girl had deposited it in there for him while he was in the water. was probably better in there than being left under the seat of his scoopy motorbike in the carpark where breakins occur despite having security gaurds 24 hours a day.

[LivinginKata]

Police gun security is a joke - we had a policeman friend visit us and when he left I found his gun on the sofa. It had fallen out of his holster while sitting down. He never noticed it missing until I phoned him ....