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Cops find use for scalped World Series tickets

Posted by Fired Fred on April 5, 2007 5:49 PM
I hope this doesn't disappoint anyone, but the cops in this story won't be fired for their innovative approach to putting seized World Series tickets back into the Busch Stadium economy.

Eight St. Louis cops sent dozens of people to the Fall Classic's game three, to see the Tigers come to town and lose. When it comes to crime, cops can be the cleverest criminals of them all...
The punishments stem from police operations during the World Series in St. Louis last year, when the Cardinals defeated the Detroit Tigers. 3 games were played in St. Louis. Police officers seized several tickets from scalpers (selling tickets above face value is illegal in Missouri, though it is legal in Illinois).

Investigators say 30 of those tickets were used by the officers' friends and family to go to World Series games. The tickets were then turned into the police department's evidence room. Because tickets are digitally scanned and not torn as people enter the stadium, the tickets do not appear to be any different after they are used.
They'll get busted in rank, but no firings here. I guess stealing police evidence isn't grounds for dismissal. To protect and to serve, eh?
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