Queensland Police are relentlessly mocked for the loss of a dangerous explosive device
Australian police are relentlessly mocked for losing a dangerous explosive device, then make an embarrassing public appeal for help to find it: “And these are the people who are supposed to protect us?”
- Queensland Police lost a stun grenade after a siege
- Police issued a public appeal for help in finding it
- The call was widely mocked by Aussies online
Queensland Police have been relentlessly mocked after losing a dangerous explosive device and asking the public for help in finding it.
A stun grenade went missing on Monday after police were involved in a 10-hour siege in Kirwan’s Townsville suburb.
The siege ended with the discovery of the body of an armed man and the police later conducted an audit of their specialist and found that the grenade was missing.
Officers searched the street for the grenade but were unable to find it and have now appealed to the public for help.
A stun grenade went missing after police were involved in a 10-hour siege in Kirwan’s Townsville suburb
Officers searched the street for the grenade but were unable to find it and have now appealed to the public for help
“The device is not a lethal device, but could injure a nearby person if mishandled,” they said in a statement.
“Residents who have information about the location of this device may not know the significance of such a device and are urged not to tamper with it and to call the police immediately.”
The public appeal led to online ridicule.
One person said, “Nice to know these are properly secured in vehicles.”
A second said: “I think the police have forgotten that they are there to keep the dangerous guns off the streets.”
While a third said, ‘Not good at all. And they don’t trust us, law-abiding citizens with guns. Hope it was found. In the wrong hands they can be deadly.’
The siege ended with the discovery of the body of an armed man and the police later conducted an audit of their specialist and found that the grenade was missing.
Another said, “And these are the people who are supposed to protect the public?”
Police said they would review how the device was lost during the siege, which began after a man fired several shots at nearby homes, a car and police vehicles on Sunday evening.
The shots left bullet holes in windshields and panels of five vehicles that investigators believe officers were in when the gun was fired.
Police did not detail what type of weapon was used and confirmed officers did not return fire.
The emergency order was withdrawn at 6:45 am after police entered the house and found a 50-year-old man dead.
No one else was injured.