re: #92 Political Atheist

MRAP. Coming to a police department near you.

Since the military is now blowing off excess armored vehicles for as little as $2000 police departments are buying in. Makes some people nervous, why would a city way down the violent crime list need one? Answer-They actually don’t. It is pointed out that a special armored SWAT vehicle is $100,000 or more new. I gotta wonder why a special vehicle is needed at all. I see these armored vans and trucks that Brinks uses. Good enough for tens of millions in diamonds or gems, bit inadequate to a SWAT team?

Well, you sure as hell can’t buy an armored van for $2000.