It was purchased by the Walton County sheriff, so pop. ~59,000. Not that this changes anything.
It’s Destin and environs, including Eglin AFB. If I were a local voter, I’d be insistently asking the sheriff for how many incidents there have been in the last 10 years - no, 20 - where such a vehicle would have made a difference, and details on each. And looking into who funds this guy, and the mechanism.
Its being that close to I-10 is all the reason they needed for their new toy...