Suisun City Police Department Sets the Standard

From KCRA News:

Handcuffed Man Shoots At Officers

SUISUN CITY, Calif. -- A man who was handcuffed and detained inside a Suisun City police car pulled out a concealed gun and fired a shot at officers, police said.

Police said just before 11 a.m. Friday, an officer did a traffic stop for a vehicle code violation, and the car pulled over on the 1400 block of Pelican Way.

Three people were inside the car, police said, and the driver was unable to provide any ID.

Officials said another police officer arrived and the driver was asked to step out of the car. He was pat-searched, handcuffed and detained inside the police car while the other officers dealt with the passengers.

Police said at that time, a third officer arrived.

While the handcuffed man was inside the police car, one of the officers noticed that he had moved his hands to the front of his body, police said. When the officers went back to talk to him, they saw that he had a handgun in his cuffed hands.

The man then fired a shot at the officers and missed, police said. The officers were able to wrestle the gun away from the man.

None of the officers were hurt in the shooting.

Police said it appears that the suspect, John Bueno, had hidden the handgun near his groin.

Police said they found marijuana for sale during a search of the vehicle. Bueno was found to have previous arrests and convictions for possession of firearms and narcotics and was on felony probation for a weapons charge.

Bueno was booked into the Solano County Jail on multiple charges.

The passengers were questioned and released, police said.

My comment would be that this is one lucky criminal. With it becoming accepted practice to taser women and the elderly, I believe that this man would have been used for target practice in some jurisdictions. I know that in my home town, where 3 cowardly officers opened fire on a teenager with a knife this past summer, Mr. Bueno would not have survived.

Suisun City PD, I commend you.