Tijuana cops with slingshots...HAHAHA!

[Charger_Fan]

This is too funny!!

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0701240056jan24,1,1790106.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed

TIJUANA, Mexico -- The Police Department has issued about 60 slingshots to officers in the violent border city of Tijuana, where soldiers confiscated police weapons two weeks ago on allegations of collusion with drug traffickers.

Municipal police spokesman Fernando Bojorquez said Monday that the slingshots, along with bags of ball bearings, were given to officers patrolling areas of the city visited by tourists.

Tijuana's police force of 2,000 officers has been without guns since Jan. 5, though some officers patrol alongside armed state police.

President Felipe Calderon sent 3,300 soldiers and federal police to Tijuana, in Baja California state, at the beginning of January to hunt down drug gangs.

The soldiers swept police stations and took officers' guns for inspection amid allegations by federal investigators that a corrupt network of police supports smugglers who traffic drugs into the United States, which borders Tijuana. The weapons are still being checked.

About 100 police demonstrated outside the Tijuana town hall on Monday demanding the return of their guns.

"The arms are our tools for work," said Officer Juan Manuel Nieves. "Do they want more police to be killed?"

More than 300 people were slain in Tijuana last year, including 13 police officers.

[Ponch ®]

This is too funny!!

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0701240056jan24,1,1790106.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed

TIJUANA, Mexico -- The Police Department has issued about 60 slingshots to officers in the violent border city of Tijuana, where soldiers confiscated police weapons two weeks ago on allegations of collusion with drug traffickers.

Municipal police spokesman Fernando Bojorquez said Monday that the slingshots, along with bags of ball bearings, were given to officers patrolling areas of the city visited by tourists.

Tijuana's police force of 2,000 officers has been without guns since Jan. 5, though some officers patrol alongside armed state police.

President Felipe Calderon sent 3,300 soldiers and federal police to Tijuana, in Baja California state, at the beginning of January to hunt down drug gangs.

The soldiers swept police stations and took officers' guns for inspection amid allegations by federal investigators that a corrupt network of police supports smugglers who traffic drugs into the United States, which borders Tijuana. The weapons are still being checked.

About 100 police demonstrated outside the Tijuana town hall on Monday demanding the return of their guns.

"The arms are our tools for work," said Officer Juan Manuel Nieves. "Do they want more police to be killed?"

More than 300 people were slain in Tijuana last year, including 13 police officers.

I was there the day after they had their guns taken away. The city was like a ghost town (relatively speaking). It's a good thing I was in and out of there in less than an hour...

[bull]

I think I'd just stay home if I was a cop without a gun. Still, I wouldn't want to get hit with a ball bearing coming out of a slingshot.

[Ponch ®]

I think I'd just stay home if I was a cop without a gun. Still, I wouldn't want to get hit with a ball bearing coming out of a slingshot.

like I said, the place was like a ghost town. I don't think a saw a single cop car. Compared to when I was tehre 3 weeks earlier, when they were EVERYWHERE.

[ChargerSG]

What the f..., good luck for those cops to battle mobsters and gangs...

[Johnny SixPack]

What the f..., good luck for those cops to battle mobsters and gangs...

Well, it sounds like they were the ones under suspicion of aiding said mobsters and gangs.