Do you STILL think our police shouldn't have scary looking military equipment?

[tvguy]

I remember some of you thought the police shouldn't buy or be given military style equipment like this Bearcat...

 


I remember some complaining that the police in Ferguson wore SO scary looking with their military looking gear. That the pentagon gives or sells excess equipment to our police. Anyway they used a vehicle like the one above to Get in to the gay night club.


Check out this scary looking military style helmet. It save a cops life.





https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/chec...n-orlando/

[chuck white]

I think a billy club and a whistle is all they need.

[Valuesize]

Is that a Bobby?

[tvguy]

OK I found the old thread about this equipment and it was Rowan and Willie the old hippie who were against it LOL

http://www.roguevalleyforum.com/forum/sh...#pid344842

[chuck white]

OK I found the old thread about this equipment and it was Rowan and Willie the old hippie who were against it LOL

http://www.roguevalleyforum.com/forum/sh...#pid344842

I just wish they wouldn't call it a rescue vehicle.

[Willie Krash]

Still against it..

[tvguy]

Still against it..

LOL I thought maybe the old hippie thing would fire you up but I think you know me to well.

[Willie Krash]

Measure 91, too mellow to care.

[tvguy]

OK I found the old thread about this equipment and it was Rowan and Willie the old hippie who were against it LOL

http://www.roguevalleyforum.com/forum/sh...#pid344842

I just wish they wouldn't call it a rescue vehicle.

Why? That's often just what it is >>

Usage
BearCats are typically referred to by law enforcement agencies as being "armored rescue vehicles"[15] with their primary use being to transport tactical (SWAT/Special Reaction Teams) officers to and from hostile situations and to assist with the recovery and protection of civilians in harm's way during terrorist threats, hostage incidents, or encounters with large gatherings of aggressors.[16][17] The Bearcat is designed to provide protection from a variety of small arms, explosives and IED threats.[16] Like its larger cousin the B.E.A.R, the Bearcat is able to be fitted with the "MARS" Mobile Adjustable Ramp System which allows tactical officers to gain entry to elevated platforms such as second story windows or aircraft.[18][19]
Lenco BearCats have been credited with saving the lives of officers in armed confrontations on numerous occasions. In 2010 in Athens, Texas an armed offender fired more than 35 rounds from a semi-automatic AK-74 rifle at tactical police. Not one round penetrated the Bearcat.[20] In June 2012 a BearCat, belonging to the Central Bucks Emergency Response Team, took 28 rounds from a "high powered rifle" during a siege with no rounds penetrating the vehicle.[21] In November 2015, a BearCat was used by police to rescue civilians during the 2015 Colorado Springs shootings.[22] The Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office Bearcat was shot between 4-7 times with a rifle during an incident on December 29, 2015. Sheriff Whetsel was quoted as saying the Bearcat saved the Deputies' lives.[23] On June 12, 2016, a Bearcat was used to breach Pulse nightclub after a gunman shot and killed 49 clubgoers and injured 53 others.

[chuck white]

Oklahoma Cop Killed Mentally Ill Man in Cold Blood

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/20...blood.html

[tvguy]

Oklahoma Cop Killed Mentally Ill Man in Cold Blood

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/20...blood.html

I'm not sure what that has to do with anything. Anyway what you posted is totally biased against the cop starting with the first words in the story.....

Oklahoma Cop Killed Mentally Ill Man in Cold Blood


In cold blood is an opinion. It's not news. Also they refer to the man as Mentally ill instead of a schizophrenic high on methamphetamine. Maybe the cop could have handled this differently but I will NEVER expect cops to put their lives at risk dealing with some knife wielding out of control mental case on meth.

A prosecutor said Friday an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper was justified in shooting to death a knife-wielding Nowata County resident who, according to an autopsy report, was in a “state of acute methamphetamine intoxication.”





The encounter occurred after Martin responded to a man fitting Stand’s description walking down the middle of U.S. 169 with a knife. The trooper ordered Stand to stop walking and drop the knife, and after he refused, a foot pursuit ensued, the letter stated.

According to Martin, Stand made “chopping or stabbing motions with the knife as the two faced each other” and continued to shout at each other. The trooper had arrested Stand on drug and firearm complaints on a previous occasion, and his observations led him to believe that Stand was “mentally and emotionally unpredictable,” the letter stated.