I'm sure many central Texas members have read or heard about the tragedy that unfolded in Burnet. If not , as I understand it a constables son and several of his friends were under the influence of LSD when for whatever reason he retrieved what I believe to be an AR from the constables car. ( don't wanna go done the properly secured argument as I believe it was ) He then shot the two others. A terrible outcome for several families for which I am sorry everyone's loss. My daughter attended school with him and was hardly able to believe he could have done it.
So here is my question. If this was a duty rifle owned by the county or personal? Since it was stolen and used in a crime, what happens to the rifle? Is it locked up as evidence even after trial, destroyed or returned to service? Are weapons stolen from LE returned to service if retrieved? Do departments ever press confiscated firearms into service like vehicles? Just curious...