This is a 1986 picture -
Things have just got bigger and better since then.
Posted on 09/15/2014 8:21:54 PM PDT by BenLurkin
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Los Angeles Unified School District Police officials are considering whether they need the armored vehicle and grenade launchers they received from the U.S. military.
The military hardware at the disposal of LAUSD police officers includes a 20-foot-long, 14-ton armored transport vehicles, much like the ones used to move Marines in Iraqi combat zones. The tank is worth $733,000 and the school district’s police force got it from the government for free.
How would LAUSD use such a vehicle?
“For us? That vehicle would be used for extraordinary circumstances,” LAUSD Police Chief Steve Zipperman said.
The tank, which is stored at a secret location, has been in the department’s possession since July.
“It’s something that we believe is a life-saving vehicle,” Zipperman said. “And certainly we realize we need to take a look, is this the best alternative right now for us until we find something else that is more conductive to a police-type of rescue.”
The district is also in possession of grenade launchers, which it received for free from the military after 9/11. Neither the tank, nor the grenade launchers, have ever been used. But the district doesn’t plan on keeping them.
“It’s a piece of equipment that’s not essential for our mission, so we will be disposing of those,” Zipperman said.
The armored vehicles and heavy artillery [???] distributed to local agencies became a national issue in the wake of the riots in Ferguson, Mo.
“I can’t allow whatever political ramifications or analysis in Ferguson suggest how I want to make a decision on how to best make sure we respond at the LAUSD,” Zipperman said.
The chief says the tank will stay, but will only be deployed on his direct orders with the approval of the school superintendent.
“To suggest that it’s a threatening type of equipment or equipment for a show of force – that is not the case,” Zipperman said.
do a little searching
with this phrase
Defense Department’s 1033 Program
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG7ATACuXzw
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tanks+on+trains+texas
secret with MRAP - they unstable on uneven roads - tip over easy - Achilles heel
two things
One; they also call MRAP ‘tanks’
two
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tanks+on+trains+texas
Two things, no we don’t call MRAPs tanks, if the military starts doing that, then what are they going to call the tanks?
Second, your link has nothing to do with this.
To be fair, one of the very few school districts I could seriously imagine being able to justify having that stuff.
Any school District could end up being a target of a Beslan style attack...but I understand you’re saying.
IIRC, Detroit PD had an APC for awhile. It was used a few times, failed miserably and was quietly retired.
CC
From Barney Fife posin’ with his revolver and one cartridge.....to that!!!
This is a 1986 picture -
Things have just got bigger and better since then.
Well there goes the high speed chases.
ChECK THIS OUT....seriously
I did a job in cedar rapids iowa once...thats the home of the”mother of all mausks”the first mausk in N America....The building I worked on was a national education training facility”.
it was for training school administration officials....It has razor wire fencing,......the build is totally self sustaining....heat...generators....maint.
people braged it could remain functional for years without outside help”
Lined up were about 75 white vans....40 buses...new unused.
The building had door to door security.....we were not allowed inside at all.....each room required a pass...EVERY ROOM IN THE BUILDING REQUIRES A PASS”....even the bathrooms.......every room locked from every other room....
Razor wire....security...and fencing....for school administrators.....to train....and have meetings.
These people are in charge of teaching the school administration how to teach .......
Whatever they are teaching the school administrators....must be REAL inportant...and REAL secret...hugh?
oh well
“LE didn’t hesitate one bit to use Bradleys and CEVs at Waco when Wesley Clark offered them up.”
That wasn’t LE at Waco. They were state-sponsored terrorist organizations which included elements of the FBI and ATF. The purpose of these terrorist groups is to inflict casualties on women, children and babies in order to spread terror among the population, while avoiding all confrontations with armed men.
Himmler’s Nazi einzengruppen is an early example of a modern state-sponsored terrorist organization. Here’s one example of how to deal with terrorist cowards:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtgJ4FjYu18
Yes, I could use a better example.
You do understand that the vehicle has been given to a local police department?
Uh yeah, that's what's called "the issue here."
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