ATLANTA – Atlanta Public School officials aren’t sure how many guns the school district owns.

An anonymous tip called into the district’s ethics hotline suggested that 30 Glock handguns were stolen from the trunk of an APS vehicle recently, but district leaders are unsure whether the claim is true or not, because they’re not sure how many guns APS owns, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports.

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The district recently purchased 90 semi-automatic handguns as it prepares to launch its own police force, and APS officials contend those weapons have not been stolen. They also researched prior gun purchases and realized they have 18 other guns, which were also in safe keeping, according to a prepared statement.

“On June 14, 2016, an anonymous tip was called into the school system’s ethics hotline alleging that he/she had heard from another source that 30 firearms were stolen from the trunk of a district vehicle,” the statement read. “The Office of Employee Relations investigated the claims and as of today has found no evident that district property was stolen.”

“As the district is in the process of launching its own police force, it has recently purchased 90 firearms. We can confirm that all of those guns have been accounted for and were never missing from the district inventory,” the statement continued, according to the Atlanta Business Journal. “APS investigators have also researched previously purchased firearms, and we can confirm that 18 guns are in the district’s inventory from prior year purchases. Investigators are continuing to examine the district’s historic accounting records to determine if any additional guns were every purchased.”

WSB reports the missing weapons were reported as Glack .40 semi-automatic handguns valued at about $450 each, which would put the value of the allegedly stolen guns at about $13,500.

Retired Atlanta Police Department officer Anthony Rawlings, who spent 30 years as one of nine officers assigned to the district until recently, told the news site he was questioned about the missing handguns.

“I had …. one of the sergeants from the school detective unit – Atlanta Public Schools school detective unit – contacted me and asked me did I have any information that they maybe could use to try to trace or try to find out what happened to those weapons,” Rawlings said. “There were approximately 30 weapons reported missing.”

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District spokeswoman Kimberly Willis Green told the ACJ the district investigation into the alleged gun thefts is ongoing, and Atlanta Police Department spokeswoman Elizabeth Espy confirmed that APD is assisting.

District officials told the news site they reported the incident to the Georgia Bureau of Investigations, as well.

Many locals were flabbergasted that APS officials are seemingly unsure how many guns the district owns, or whether any are missing.

“Well, we already knew that APS could not account for millions in computers. Now we can add guns to the ‘missing list,’” Chillywilly1 wrote in the AJC comments. “If my memory serves me correctly, a former employee was retaliated against in 2010 after he presented APS with a detailed list of missing computers. Wow!”

“Seriously!” Eprichett wrote. “Probably the most controlled item in their entire inventory, firearms, and they are looking at how many they have and not a clue where they are. With the federal and state registrations required, you would think they would be required to be secured and yet nothing but non-answers from the system.

“We pay them so much and they can’t even keep the most dangerous items they procure from walking out the door. Shameful!”

“So the new school police cannot even protect their own guns. Good luck Barney Fife. Who wanted to get rid of APD anyway?” atlanta spirit posted. “Looks already like that was a bad idea. No APS can police like they stop test cheaters.”