The Police Department of Salinas, California recently received a big, giant gift, courtesy of the US Army, and they proudly dropped the force’s camouflage trou to let it all hang out on display for the department’s Facebook page.
Does this creep out anyone else?
How different is this from a standing military?
The new toy is “a 37,000-pound armored truck that was once used by the military in Iraq and Afghanistan will now be used by the Salinas Police Department for SWAT team operations.”
Meanwhile, SWAT team usage has dramatically increased, and seems to be used as an investigative tool in some jurisdictions. Flash bangs, kick in the doors, shoot the little yapping dog, etc.
Do you think that stuff increases or minimizes the odds of crap hitting the fan?
Plus, sometimes it’s the wrong house. Oops.
I’m far from being the tinfoil hat type, but those voices that have been complaining about the increased militarization of police have been making me wonder if it’s time to enact legislation to make sure we police the police.
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