When questions started being raised in the state capitol building, records show that Eppens tried to cancel the order.<\/p>\n
I just received a directive from my director that we need to suspend our order of the SIG MPX\u2019s effective immediately,\u201d<\/strong> he wrote to the supplier in November. \u201cThere has [sic] been some political issues that have surfaced regarding purchase of equipment and its deployment.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\u201cOur hope is we can work through this and revisit the order of these rifles soon, as they are a very important piece of equipment for the protection of the public, as well as officer safety,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n
But it was too late. The supplier couldn’t cancel the order because the guns were being custom-fitted, and the work had already begun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Nebraska Racing and Gaming Commission (NRGC) spent $30,351 on semi-automatic rifles for its 10 investigators, The Lincoln Journal Star reports. The purchase has raised eyebrows in Lincoln, the state capital. Some lawmakers have questioned whether it\u2019s strictly necessary for an agency tasked with enforcing gaming regulations in the state\u2019s new casino industry to pack […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":307586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,13592,84511],"tags":[89597,89598,89599],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Nebraska Gaming Commission Defends $30K Splurge on Semi-Automatic Weapons<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n