Hope this has not already been posted. Thought is was rather amusing.
[b]One shot too many?
JOAN FLEISCHMAN / TALK OF OUR TOWN
Coral Gables police Chief Jim Skinner, under departmental investigation for two accidental gun discharge episodes within a year, met Friday evening with City Manager David Brown. The topic: Skinner's impending departure. Sources say Skinner is set to resign, and it could be announced next week.
Skinner, 54, became the City Beautiful's chief in 1997 after a 27-year career with the Omaha, Neb. PD, seven as chief. Last Wednesday, he accidentally fired his Glock in a second-floor police station restroom, striking a toilet. Word is he was re-holstering the semiautomatic pistol when it discharged. The bullet supposedly blew a hole through the holster and his pants leg before hitting the commode. And, in July 2002, Skinner was sticking his Glock in a locker at an L.A. Fitness Sports Club in Kendall when it went off -- twice.
Last month, the city's police union gave Skinner a no-confidence vote after a survey showed low morale in the 160-plus member force.
The day after the toilet shooting, cops set up a ''memorial'' near the unarmed toilet. Mourners placed a toilet seat -- with a bouquet of multicolored flowers in the center -- outside the restroom hallway, along with a condolence sign: ''RIP'' (Rest in Peace). The Coral Gables Gazette ran a photo of the maimed john. Skinner, who earns $119,461 a year, is married to Maria Korvick, 56, a Miami-Dade circuit judge.[/b]