Jaime Cruz wrote:This is real news, but it just seems too funny to me Farewell to arms: Tijuana cops now using slingshots January 24, 2007 TIJUANA, Mexico -- The police department has issued slingshots and balls to officers in the violent border city of Tijuana, where soldiers confiscated police weapons on allegations of collusion with drug traffickers. Sixty slingshots, along with bags of ballbearings, were given to officers patrolling tourist areas. Tijuana's police force of 2,000 officers has been without guns since Jan. 5, but some patrol alongside armed state police. President Felipe Calderon sent 3,300 soldiers and federal police to Tijuana at the beginning of January to hunt down drug gangs. The soldiers took officers' guns for inspection amid allegations that a network of officers supports smugglers who traffic drugs into the U.S. About 100 police demonstrated this week demanding the return of their guns. ''The arms are our tools for work,'' said officer Juan Manuel Nieves. AP Article can be found here http://www.suntimes.com/news/world/226447,CST-NWS-mex24.article And video can be found on www.cnn.com
That's move was done to avoid Canadian Tourist whinning
This is real news, but it just seems too funny to me
Farewell to arms: Tijuana cops now using slingshots
January 24, 2007 TIJUANA, Mexico -- The police department has issued slingshots and balls to officers in the violent border city of Tijuana, where soldiers confiscated police weapons on allegations of collusion with drug traffickers. Sixty slingshots, along with bags of ballbearings, were given to officers patrolling tourist areas.
Tijuana's police force of 2,000 officers has been without guns since Jan. 5, but some patrol alongside armed state police.
President Felipe Calderon sent 3,300 soldiers and federal police to Tijuana at the beginning of January to hunt down drug gangs. The soldiers took officers' guns for inspection amid allegations that a network of officers supports smugglers who traffic drugs into the U.S.
About 100 police demonstrated this week demanding the return of their guns. ''The arms are our tools for work,'' said officer Juan Manuel Nieves.
AP
Article can be found here http://www.suntimes.com/news/world/226447,CST-NWS-mex24.article And video can be found on www.cnn.com
Farewell to arms: Tijuana cops now using slingshots January 24, 2007 TIJUANA, Mexico -- The police department has issued slingshots and balls to officers in the violent border city of Tijuana, where soldiers confiscated police weapons on allegations of collusion with drug traffickers. Sixty slingshots, along with bags of ballbearings, were given to officers patrolling tourist areas. Tijuana's police force of 2,000 officers has been without guns since Jan. 5, but some patrol alongside armed state police. President Felipe Calderon sent 3,300 soldiers and federal police to Tijuana at the beginning of January to hunt down drug gangs. The soldiers took officers' guns for inspection amid allegations that a network of officers supports smugglers who traffic drugs into the U.S. About 100 police demonstrated this week demanding the return of their guns. ''The arms are our tools for work,'' said officer Juan Manuel Nieves. AP Article can be found here http://www.suntimes.com/news/world/226447,CST-NWS-mex24.article And video can be found on www.cnn.com 
