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Rathdrum council debates formalizing practice of surplusing service handguns to retiring officers; item tabled
Summary
Council heard a lengthy legal briefing on a draft resolution that would authorize the city to transfer service handguns to retiring officers. After questions about authority under Idaho law and potential legal risk, the council voted to table the resolution for further study.
Rathdrum City Council members heard a city attorney briefing and extended discussion Wednesday on a proposed resolution to formalize the city's practice of transferring service handguns to officers retiring in good standing.
The resolution would create a municipal process and policy authorizing council-approved transfers of service firearms to retiring officers, a practice staff said has been customary in Rathdrum and elsewhere in Idaho despite no explicit statutory authority in Idaho Code. City staff presented the proposal as a way to document local intent and procedures should a challenge arise.
The city attorney described the legal tension: Idaho Code sets surplus property…
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