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Fort Knox military cops disgusted with solar patrol carts
The London Register ^ | August 18, 2011 | Lewis Page

Posted on 08/18/2011 9:43:07 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

US military police stationed at Fort Knox, home among other things to the United States Bullion Depository, are reportedly none too pleased at having to patrol in rather feeble solar-powered electric golf carts in line with Pentagon efforts to be more environmentally friendly.

"Most of the officers are reluctant to use the cart," reports the US Army Installation Management Command. Apparently the vehicles' top speed is only 25mph, and though they are fully equipped with flashing lights and windscreen decals reading "Army Green - Army Strong" they are thought to have a certain lack of cop credibility.

Nonetheless Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Schiller, top military cop at Fort Knox (which is a large Army base as well as housing just over 5,000 tons of federal gold) insists that the solar patrol-carts are a boon.

"It's a win-win situation," he says. "The cart is small enough to maneuver but large enough to hold a stretcher if there's a medical situation."

Bob Knoll, transport chief for Schiller's mil-cops, is also an enthusiast. He notes that before the solar panels were installed, the battery carts would often run flat after just 25 minutes' use.

"That's not helpful," he notes, adding: "If you have to plug it in, it's really not that green, is it?"

Now the carts apparently never need topping up, though this may be because the Fort Knox cops refuse to drive them.

Nonetheless Knoll describes the idea as "really cool – in many ways – it's really cool."

American readers worried over the security of their national gold reserves will be reassured to hear that apart from the military the bullion depository is also guarded by the United States Mint Police, who are equipped with bicycles.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News; Military/Veterans; Politics
KEYWORDS: boondoggle; kentucky; military; obama
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1 posted on 08/18/2011 9:43:12 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
“Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Schiller...insists that the solar patrol-carts are a boon”

Guy needs to take the “c” out of his name.

2 posted on 08/18/2011 9:46:16 PM PDT by decal (Mother Nature and Real Life are conservatives - the Progs have never figured this out.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
the battery carts would often run flat after just 25 minutes' use.

Guess he isn't a golfer.

3 posted on 08/18/2011 9:48:36 PM PDT by razorback-bert (Some days it's not worth chewing through the straps.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

We need to get the commie libs out of Washington and the Pentagon. The whole damn country has gone to hell.


4 posted on 08/18/2011 9:50:01 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Americans need to wean their government off of its dependence on foreign money.)
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To: decal

Hey, if he wants that full bird, he’ll spout the party line.


5 posted on 08/18/2011 9:50:13 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

My poor MP’s. Some jerkwad LTC, who never works the road decides these are great even though those that have to use it hate it.


6 posted on 08/18/2011 9:51:16 PM PDT by MPJackal ("From my cold dead hands.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

My poor MP’s. Some jerkwad LTC, who never works the road decides these are great even though those that have to use it hate it.


7 posted on 08/18/2011 9:51:27 PM PDT by MPJackal ("From my cold dead hands.")
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

The list, ping

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8 posted on 08/18/2011 9:53:56 PM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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"The cart is small enough to maneuver but large enough to hold a stretcher if there's a medical situation."

You know, if I'm injured I sure want one of these things taking me to the hospital at the breathtaking speed of 25 miles/hour.

9 posted on 08/18/2011 9:54:49 PM PDT by seowulf ("If you write a whole line of zeroes, it's still---nothing"...Kira Alexandrovna Argounova)
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To: MPJackal

I think it is funny but I never liked MPs in garrison anyways.


10 posted on 08/18/2011 9:57:17 PM PDT by jospehm20
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To: steelyourfaith

Ping.


11 posted on 08/18/2011 10:03:09 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Next up, wooden bullets. A renewable resource.


12 posted on 08/18/2011 10:03:30 PM PDT by JimSEA (The future ain't what it used to be.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

13 posted on 08/18/2011 10:04:41 PM PDT by decimon
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To: decal

Rob Schiller and I were company commanders together in Korea. I’ll let my absence of further comment speak for itself.


14 posted on 08/18/2011 10:06:30 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: decal

Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Schiller ... just another tool bucking for promotion. Really pitiful to see a man reduced to this.


15 posted on 08/18/2011 10:20:23 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Half the people are below average.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This almost sounds like the plot of a bad comedy film. When they make the movie they should get Kevin James to play the lead actor / cop.


16 posted on 08/18/2011 10:41:52 PM PDT by Republic_of_Secession.
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To: Joe 6-pack

ping


17 posted on 08/18/2011 11:03:43 PM PDT by ArmyTeach (Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain ... USS Iowa 61)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; null and void; Jeremiah Jr
Will the next batch be painted pink?


18 posted on 08/18/2011 11:11:41 PM PDT by Ezekiel (The Obama-nation began with the Inauguration of Desolation.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
>>> "Most of the officers are reluctant to use the cart,"

Like the carts or not the MPs might want to quit while they're ahead. It could be much worse.


19 posted on 08/19/2011 12:24:52 AM PDT by tlb
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To: tlb
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20 posted on 08/19/2011 12:30:20 AM PDT by wolficatZ (Somebody once wrote "Revenge is a dish that has to be eaten cold".)
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