"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?

  • Des [she/her, they/them]
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    5 months ago

    high water rescues

    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

    • Skeleton_Erisma [they/them, any]
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      edit-2
      5 months ago

      high water rescues

      They're being bullshitters and they know it.

      Merced, CA had a flood last year and they literally used an ARFF rig for rescues

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    • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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      5 months ago

      Yeah, I have never seen the the-pigs 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