>processing please hold said: “Is our civilian police allowed to work together, train, or hold joint exercises with our military?”<
The one thing that gives me hope when I think about this kind of thing is that city police forces generally number out to one officer per 1000 of the general population.
Should our police forces ever get too *rowdy*, they don’t have very good odds, do they? When the officer stops for lunch, if four armed men walked up and politely asked for his radio and cell phone, I’m confident that he would hand them over and continue eating.
Now ask, “What does it take to disable a police car?” One pair of wire cutters and all the radios are dead.
I don’t think that we need to be concerned about city police force revolutions against the people. M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tanks are not normal police equipment.
In a situtation like this, I always remember the saying on my beer squeegy, 'never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.' You might find post #82 interesting.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1907203/posts?q=82;page=51
M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tanks are not normal police equipment.
Don't they have armor plated battering ram vehicles?