FLVOL69
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is that specifically designed to combat IEDs?
MRAP = Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected
is it necessary for local law enforcement or not? Quit avoiding the question
I answered your question prior to seeing this. I was not avoiding your question as shown in my response to it above. However, you completely ignored my question about your law enforcement experience but had the audacity to comment the bolded above.
Come on PJ...
because it was irrelevant to the discussion. If officers were in need of IED resistant vehicles that's something every single citizen would be aware of. I don't have to be a cop to know the streets on Anycity, USA aren't mined
I'm not sure why you're so hung up on IED's. You obviously know that IED's are not prevalent in the USA along with everyone else. Is that your beef? Simply because of what the original purpose of the vehicle was?
it's a specifically designed military vehicle. It has no purpose in US law enforcement except to waste tax dollars and to continue the militarization of our police forces. It's getting ridiculous at this point
You're potentially on to something. However I just take issue with the word "need" used the way you're using it. There's an infinite amount of things used every day in every facet of government that aren't "needed" right?
Yes, there may have been a scenario where they were needed in some places but how many times?
In Sumner County TN there hasn't been one that I can think of over the last 20 years.
So it's a single use vehicle? It serves no other purpose except to be IED resistant and therefore cannot and should not be used for anything else?
Only one I could find was a drunk domestic between father and son that turned into a standoff with the son.
Son charged with assault after Portland standoff - WSMV Channel 4
I don't think a MRAP would be necessary for a standoff with someone who's had a little too much to drink.
This is dumb, do I really need law enforcement experience to know that Apache attack helicopters aren't needed either? Common sense can be used here. A military vehicle designed to repel IEDs being used on American streets is absurd. I'm sure there are other, cheaper, more appropriate vehicles needed for tactical situations for those municipalities that may legitimately need them.
what? That's unpossible hmy:
it was a joke. That pic has been around for years
but the question still stands- where were MRAPs 5-10 years ago? How many depts had drones capable of being armed?