PROBABLY ONLY BECAUSE IT WOULD CAUSE MORE PUBLICITY RE CHIEF'S BLUNDER "DA Won't Charge Man Who Took Gun Left by San Luis Obispo Police Chief in El Pollo Loco Bathroom ...Police Chief Deanna Cantrell had left her personal handgun in a restaurant bathroom July 10. She was disciplined but kept her job.."
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