It turns out that not only the criminals are dumb in this part of AZ:
Today's local paper reports that, eight days ago, a city policeman had to use the john at a local supermarket. He took off his gun and belt, and put them on the top of the toilet tank. Then, according to the story released by the Police Dept., he got an emergency call on his radio and ran out of the john, leaving his gun behind. The gun disappeared.

The department reviewed surveillance tapes that showed--thank goodness, they said--that no kids, only adults, entered the john between the time the cop ran out and the gun was reported missing. But they still haven't recovered the gun. Why'd they wait eight days before reporting the gun missing? Because, says a Police Department spokesperson, they were "hoping that the person who took the gun would attempt to pawn it...we registed the gun as missing on a nationwide network, so if it had been pawned, we would have been able to arrest the perp." Yeah, sure. That cop had better start looking for another job.