"The vehicle, valued at $689,000, was not paid for by the town or tax dollars. It was acquired through the Federal 1033 program run by the US Department of Defense's Law Enforcement Support Office.
The program transfers weapons, equipment and vehicles from the military to civilian law enforcement agencies."
oh...ok
...why?
the other stuff; no but strip the armor off it, paint it yellow, but a cool "PROSPER SWIFT WATER RESCUE" logo on it and only do that
then give it to the fire department
They're being bullshitters and they know it.
Merced, CA had a flood last year and they literally used an ARFF rig for rescues
Yeah, I have never seen the ever attempt a rescue
The most I ever seen them do for the public good was pull a chunk of bumper out of the road before I could