The gun, the officer's personal weapon, not his service weapon, was stolen Wednesday night.
HATFIELD - Police are seeking the public’s help as they probe the theft of a loaded handgun from a police officer’s personal vehicle while he was out on patrol in a cruiser Wednesday night.
Lt. Timothy Paciorek said the officer was near the end of his shift when he realized that the gun, a .40 caliber Smith & Wesson and not his service weapon, had been stolen.
The gun was stolen from the officer’s green pickup truck, parked in the Town Hall parking lot, some time between 3 and 10 p.m. Investigators are still attempting to determine the truck had been left unlocked or forcibly entered, Paciorek said.
“If anybody saw anybody around the cruiser bay please notify the department,” Paciorek said. Police can be reached at (413) 586-1508.
Police have not released the officer’s name.