Although Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal claims that all confiscated firearms, for which her department is responsible, are accounted for, it would seem 185 of them have mysteriously slipped through the cracks.
Acting City Controller Charles Edacheril investigated through his office and wrote a review, indicating that nearly 200 firearms that should have been accounted for have gone missing or unaccountable. This is according to inquirer.com. Mr. Edacheril indicated that this was due to former Sheriff Jewell Williams’ “haphazard recordkeeping practices and unclear procedures around handling guns.”
In a statement entitled “In the Bilal Administration, we have not lost or misplaced any weapons” on the Sheriff’s Department’s website, Bilal blames the previous administration for any mishandling of firearms.
According to reports, Sheriff Bilal also claimed that all but 20 firearms from the 2020 report have been accounted for. At that point, all would seem to put Sheriff Bilal’s department in the clear of any mishandling or wrongdoing, but Charles Edacheril has recently come out with another statement that seems to put Bilal’s Sheriff’s Department back in the hot seat.
Due to insufficient evidence, Edacheril claims that 76 Firearms and 109 weapons are still being considered unaccounted for and recommended that the department report them as “missing.”
46 guns that were reported as “found” had supposedly been traded or burned. However, the only documentation offered for 36 of them was that they were on a list of weapons in a folder labeled “Weapons Burn List.” The list did not include details such as when or where they were disposed of. The Sheriff’s Office also considered 20 guns “presumptively found.” For 15 of those guns, the office said there was documentation that other guns that were registered on the same date had been disposed of — but they did not provide a record that those actual guns were destroyed. the report stated.
Bilal refuted this claim in a press conference on September 21, 2023, and continued to blame the previous administration when she said, “Simply put, we cannot answer inconsistencies that derive as a result of that recordkeeping in the past.”
Bilal’s Office claimed that 18 of the “unaccounted-for” guns left the department with retired officers, which under previous administrations, was legal, yet none of those have since been accounted for. One of which may be of particular concern is the firearm that was allegedly in the possession of former Sheriff John Green, who was sentenced to five years in federal prison in 2019 after pleading guilty to public corruption charges. As a side note, before the former Sheriff was taken to jail, Bilal threw him a going away party.
Since Bilal Took office in 2020, she has been:
- Sued by top staffers for rampant abuse and retaliation.
- One of her deputies was arrested for allegedly selling weapons that were used in crimes.
- One of her top legal advisors was working illegally as a defense lawyer.
- According to inquirer, $500,000 that was earmarked for new hires, got redirected to Bilal and some of her top executives in the form of raises. Bilal claimed that her aids tried doubling her salary without her knowing about it. She then said the mayor indicated the redirect of funds was approved.
Bilal took office in 2020 after campaigning on a pledge to reform the Sheriff’s Office after years of documented dysfunction. How’s she doing?
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