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    As wars wind down, small-town cops inherit armored vehicles

    Hundreds of counties have MRAPs—and more are on their way

    Robert Shellmyer was relieved to see last week at his hometown’s 175th anniversary celebration that the local police department’s new prized possession was not driving alongside the tractors and floats in the parade.

    That’s because a 45,000 pound, explosion-resistant vehicle from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan might spoil the mood.

    Shellmyer, a 78-year-old city councilman for the small town of Washington, Iowa, was the sole local politician to vote against the department of 12 police officers getting the free MRAP—short for mine resistant ambush protected vehicle—from the Defense Department two months ago. Washington is one of hundreds of towns and cities to get a recycled MRAP from the Pentagon over the past year and a half.

    “Here’s the thing,” Shellmyer says. “Washington, Iowa has 8,000 people. We have an MRAP now. We have a SWAT team. We have [police] dogs, and we have a SWAT team transportation vehicle that’s not armored.”

    The city councilman began to think: “Goodness, this is overkill.”






    “There’s been a real steady increase in police stations taking advantage of this,” said Mark Wright, a Defense Department spokesman. “It’s a heck of a good deal… ‘Here’s the MRAP free of charge. You’ve got to pay for maintenance and gas, but other than that we’ll take care of the rest.’”
    http://news.yahoo.com/as-wars-wind-d...233505138.html
    "And how we burned in the camps later thinking, what would things have been like, if every security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain, whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family?"

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    Does your county have an MRAP?

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    A full list of the 600 MRAPs that have been given by the Pentagon to counties in almost every state so far. Counties that are listed more than once received multiple armored vehicles. This list is accurate as of June 13, 2014.
    http://www.scribd.com/doc/231044034/...y-have-an-MRAP
    "And how we burned in the camps later thinking, what would things have been like, if every security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain, whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family?"

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    yep, my county's got one.

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    Mine too. Wouldn't it be funny if when the time comes the feds overreach their authority (well I mean really over reach like gun confiscation), the Sheriffs start using the same stuff they got from the feds against them?

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    1Pat - you don't really think that Dumbo would let MRAPs go to those sheriff/PDs that might be inclined to do that, do you??
    “I have little patience with people who take the Bill of Rights for granted. The Bill of Rights, contained in the first ten amendments to the Constitution, is every American’s guarantee of freedom.” - - President Harry S. Truman, “Years of Trial and Hope”

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    Quote Originally Posted by JTHunter View Post
    1Pat - you don't really think that Dumbo would let MRAPs go to those sheriff/PDs that might be inclined to do that, do you??
    The regime will likely attempt to place foreign troops into the local leo outfits to help guide the leos in treason. Using a fabricated crisis to justify everything.
    "And how we burned in the camps later thinking, what would things have been like, if every security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain, whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family?"

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