Air gun used to save chicken

**merlin** · 08-08-2003, 09:17 AM

San Francisco -- A San Francisco police lieutenant who used an air pistol to pop balloons that kept a chicken stuck in power lines is being investigated for possibly breaking department rules by firing a nonregulation weapon.

Lt. Mark Swendsen thought he was a hero June 21 for using his Daisy Model 777 pistol to save the Rhode Island Red hen that a prankster -- apparently copying a stunt promoting a TV show -- had sent aloft with 100 helium balloons.

"I was doing my job," he said Wednesday. "I was trying to save the chicken, and I was trying to prevent other people from being hurt."

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...7/BA255043.DTL

embark247 · 08-22-2003, 04:39 PM

Stuff like that makes me not want to be a cop when i get out of the Corps.

**Sealy** · 08-23-2003, 06:57 AM

O-o ummm my goodness..
and Embark... Hooooooooooah! :sealy:

tcheavey · 08-23-2003, 08:19 PM

He deserves a medal, and a Degree for good sense!
Not a reprimand

08-08-2003, 09:17 AM	#1 (permalink)
merlin I helped the forums. Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,612 OS: 3.11	Air gun used to save chicken San Francisco -- A San Francisco police lieutenant who used an air pistol to pop balloons that kept a chicken stuck in power lines is being investigated for possibly breaking department rules by firing a nonregulation weapon. Lt. Mark Swendsen thought he was a hero June 21 for using his Daisy Model 777 pistol to save the Rhode Island Red hen that a prankster -- apparently copying a stunt promoting a TV show -- had sent aloft with 100 helium balloons. "I was doing my job," he said Wednesday. "I was trying to save the chicken, and I was trying to prevent other people from being hurt." http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg...7/BA255043.DTL

08-22-2003, 04:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
embark247 Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: California Posts: 41 OS: XP	Stuff like that makes me not want to be a cop when i get out of the Corps. __________________ What puffs and patters? What clicks and clatters? I know what, O, what fun! It's a lovely Gatling-gun! - Excerpt from a German picturebook for young children during the 3rd Reich

08-23-2003, 06:57 AM	#3 (permalink)
Sealy Resident Brat Emeritus :P Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Margaritaville Posts: 2,046 OS: XP(home)	O-o ummm my goodness.. and Embark... Hooooooooooah! :sealy: __________________ ~Brightest Blessings~ Sealy Kim --------------------- Ná glac pioc comhairle gan comhairle ban. O Autumn. Laden with fruit, and stained With the blood of the grape, pass not, but sit Beneath my shady roof, there thou may'st rest, And tune thy jolly voice to my fresh pipe; And all the daughters of the year shall dance, Sing now the lusty song of fruits and flowers. -William Blake- Contributions will not go unnoticed.

08-23-2003, 08:19 PM	#4 (permalink)
tcheavey Mech-Tech Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Oakland/Berkley approx. Posts: 289 OS: Win 2K	He deserves a medal, and a Degree for good sense! Not a reprimand __________________ The Redskins Lost. Go Black Knights!!!!