Posted on 01/07/2014 9:12:17 PM PST by managusta
FORT PIERCE, Fla. - Police in Fort Pierce are now armed with a U.S. military surplus battle wagon: a six wheel, 30-ton armored vehicle worth $700,000 — that the agency got for $2,000.
“If you see my SWAT team roll up in this, it’s over, so just give up,” said Police Chief Sam Baldwin.
However Baldwin hopes the mine-resistant, ambush protection vehicle just stays parked. If used, it would be for transporting the SWAT team and for a mobile command and rescue vehicle.
Officer Keith Holmes got the vehicle in October through the auspices of the National Defense Authorization Act. That allows the military to transfer excess military vehicles to law enforcement agencies. The city got a little-used model with 5,000 miles on it.
“If you see my SWAT team roll up in this, it’s over, so just give up,” said Police Chief Sam Baldwin.
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“So I guess they have to content themselves with merely killing the family pet. “
AND sucking up 50% or more of their inflated salary when they retire after 20 years, which is generally pumped well up above their base by generous O/T. not to mention generous medical coverage, dental, eyeglass, etc benefits. For MOST of them this translates to “retirement” at only 40 or 45 while they start a second career - often in some other area of “public service”.
There is no need for a vehicle like that in ANY community in the US. If Ft pierce can get approval for one, any town can.
....and they want to ban handguns, rifles from American citizens.
Reminds me of Howard Hunter from “Hill Street Blues”. He got a armored personel carrier and he left the keys in it.
Works great against flying saucers buried in ice too!
Some “homemade” napalm could cause a lot of problems for the cops inside!
” Don’t we have some overseas ally we could sell it to for at least a couple hundred grand?”
Thanks to Obama, we don’t have any overseas allies and I bet he let his Muslim pals have them for free!
Watch the skies!
I p&c this to see if a pix would be posted thanx. If I had 2G’s to spare it’s worth flipping. Ft Pierce should find a $10 or $20 G buyer from some banana republic or better yet an African country battling the muzzies and pocket the difference or apply that to cops pensions. Probably takes a months cop salary to run and maintain it. Turn it over.
This police department should try to buy the recently decommissioned U.S.S. ENTERPRISE to enforces its laws/will on its citizens.
It’s almost gallons per mile in these. How many mines and IEDs do they expect to encounter in that town?
I made a guy angry talking about these. His company makes them. He was adamant that all military vehicles should be armored like that one. I brought up that although it would be great to have where needed, the fuel, maintenance, and lack of reliability would be harsh. You’d be constantly refueling them and have tons on the engine maintenance more that a non armored vehicle. How practical would it be to run these on a base with a low threat of needing an armored vehicle, like stateside ones? I finally stopped talking to him when it looked like he was going to turn violent on the subject.
Can’t go into much here but during my time in the Air Force we all decided that in our specific task, we would want speed and reliability in a SHTF situation from a vehicle rather that armor. It a choice of one or the other.
One more thing. Couldn’t you make a water balloon full of oil based paint, and throw them at the windshield?
Fort Pierce must be the hive of crime and villainy the likes of which the Galaxy has never known
Getting older...one tends to sleep less and eat less.Moreover,in return, to compensate for this one gets to b-tch more.
Right on. Turning 60 was a breakthru in some respects...
I've seen demos of home improvised thermite and it is very awesome to behold. Put a TH3 grenade on top of the diesel engine of a deuce and a half and it will burn completely through the engine, out the oil pan, and the remains will be sputtering on the ground when the job is done. That truck won't be going anywhere soon.
” I can not believe the Mayor authorized this purchase. “
Considering they got it for $2,000, it might have fallen into the petty cash account for all anyone knows.
More likely though, they promised the mayor he could drive it on Sundays.
Get that thing boxed in somewhere and build a nice bonfire under it.
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