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[–] [email protected] 118 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The LAPD did one recently on a medical imaging office because apparently it's suspicious that an office full of XRAY and MRI machines uses a lot of power.

[–] nwtreeoctopus 89 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Is that the one where the idiot cop got his gun stuck in the MRI and hit the emergency button to shut it down?

[–] [email protected] 34 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Wait, what? 😱 Got a news link for this utter imbecile actions?

[–] [email protected] 66 points 3 days ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The first officer retrieved his rifle and left the scanner room “leaving behind a magazine filled with bullets on the office floor.”

Nice when they refill the MRI and need to quench it again.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Unless he was using steel case rounds, most ammunition isn't magnetic, it wasn't going to cause issues with the machine.... he's still a fucking idiot though.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

An MRI works at 3T to 7T. At that range oxygen is slightly magnetic (Everything is magnetic, just not ferromagnetic). This can cause damage to the machine if it misaligned a critical component.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

The spring in the clip is steel

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

That's fair, I miss read that, assumed he had dumped a mag full of rounds on the ground, vs a mag with rounds in it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Absolutely gobsmacked at these complete fucking morons

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

If they were smart, they wouldn't be allowed to be cops...

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Thank you for the link. My (already low) faith in humanity just took a nose dive.

[–] nwtreeoctopus 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

At least it looks like it hasn't happened twice?