Guns and ammunition were stolen from a San Mateo County sheriff’s sergeant’s unmarked car when he was visiting San Francisco to meet with an FBI task force Friday night, sheriff’s officials said.
The police car was parked on Jones Street and was burglarized just after 10 p.m., San Francisco police said. A shotgun, a rifle, ammunition, a Kevlar vest and a jacket were stolen, San Francisco police said.
The sergeant had locked the vehicle but, when he returned to his car, he found a window had been smashed, said San Mateo County sheriff’s Detective Salvador Zuno.
The sergeant has worked for the Sheriff’s Office for more than 15 years and was assigned to an FBI Task Force in San Francisco. He in was San Francisco to meet with the task force when the theft occurred, Zuno said.
It wasn’t immediately clear whether the guns were in a locked box and Zuno noted San Francisco police are conducting the investigation.
The theft comes on the heels of a local state senator working to curb gun thefts, including from law enforcement. State Sen. Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, authored legislation requiring law enforcement officers to securely stow handguns in a locked box in the trunk or out of plain view when leaving firearms unattended in a vehicle. However, that law applied to handguns, not necessarily shotguns or rifles. The issue of stolen law enforcement weapons has been heightened since the fatal 2015 shooting of Katherine Steinle in San Francisco. The gun was stolen from the vehicle of a U.S. Bureau of Land Management ranger and the trial of a man accused of killing her is ongoing.
Zuno said recovering the weapons stolen over the weekend is a priority. Anyone with information is asked to call the San Francisco Police Department tipline at (415) 575-4444.
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Why is the San Mateo County Sheriff Sargent not being identified?
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