"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?
Damn and I thought it was wild that my city got one with a population of ~60k
Nothing has ever happened here that something like that would be useful for. Even when some MAGA chud shot a couple cops out in the mountains this thing wouldn't help because it wouldn't fit on the roads up there. Like it would literally cause a fuckin landslide before it got anywhere where people are armed in any significant way.