Guns stolen from Fort Loudon store

Friday wrote:

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If they are a targeted store due to it's location it doesn't matter how much padded security you have, they will get in and be gone before the PSP is anywhere in sight.

It is a big mistake to assume PSP are sitting in the station like firefighters when the call comes in. Chances are, one are more are not far away from any given location in the county when the call comes in.

This place needs shut down if it's not secure. I've been in gun shops which are block buildings with steel doors and bars over the windows. That's how gunshops should be.

To the point wrote:

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It is a big mistake to assume PSP are sitting in the station like firefighters when the call comes in. Chances are, one are more are not far away from any given location in the county when the call comes in.
This place needs shut down if it's not secure. I've been in gun shops which are block buildings with steel doors and bars over the windows. That's how gunshops should be.

...and I agree.

To the point wrote:

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It is a big mistake to assume PSP are sitting in the station like firefighters when the call comes in. Chances are, one are more are not far away from any given location in the county when the call comes in.
This place needs shut down if it's not secure. I've been in gun shops which are block buildings with steel doors and bars over the windows. That's how gunshops should be.

How often have you been to Ft. Loudon? I grew up here, and live here currently. It is very, VERY rare the state police are "in the area". It is a rare occasion that they get here in decent time too. And if they are called, they are usually seem fairly pissed that they had to drive clear out here. Now, on a blue moon, one will drive through. And if they do happen to get here in decent time, they are usually patroling St. Thomas trying to catch speeders at the bottom of the hills between oak forrest and where the old market building/pizza shop sits, or happen to catch them during another call. They have alot to deal with in chambersburg, the butthole of the county. I think maybe they should expand mercersburg polices jurisdiction, would make more sence.

just over the mountain on 522, right near the US 30 intersection is a PSP barracks. Im sure there is more than one coffee drinker sitting there, and you cant tell me it takes an hour to jump the mountain.

old salt wrote:

just over the mountain on 522, right near the US 30 intersection is a PSP barracks. Im sure there is more than one coffee drinker sitting there, and you cant tell me it takes an hour to jump the mountain.

The PSP may have jurisdictions by county (McConnellsburg is a different county than Fort Loudon). You would think the closest barracks would cover it though.