A police chief claims he lost his department-issued gun when he went to the restroom in a public library—but he waited 4 days to report it.

Prescott Valley, AZ — The police department in Prescott Valley is offering a reward to the person who finds and returns the police chief's gun—and it is not because it was stolen.

Prescott Valley Chief of Police Bryan Jarrell claims he cannot find his firearm, and he must have lost it when he went to the restroom during a town council meeting on Nov. 9.

The chief says his gun must have slipped out of its holster when he was changing clothes following the council's meeting at the Prescott Valley Public Library. The brand of firearm is a department-issued handgun is described as a Glock 19, 9mm in caliber and black. The serial number is YHC 944.