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Two law enforcement agencies will be returning their Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) [vehicles] to Uncle Sam, with the announcements arriving almost simultaneously.
Davis, Calif., city officials have directed the police department to return a surplus U.S. military armored vehicle to the federal government after residents, citing images seen during protests in Ferguson, Mo., expressed fears of militarization.
The Davis Police Department now has 60 days to get rid of a $689,000 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected armored vehicle, which police acquired through a U.S. Defense Department program, and must consider other rescue vehicle options.
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Over in San Jose, CA, it's a completely different story. Rather than having an MRAP pried from law enforcement's clutches by city reps, the San Jose Police Department gave it up voluntarily to protect its relationship with the people it serves.
San Jose police spokeswoman Sgt. Heather Randol told KCBS the decision was made based on concerns for potential damage to the department's image and community relationships.
"We want to keep their trust. We don't want them to feel we are going off on another path with our police department," she said. "We want them to feel comfortable about the tools that we use."
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 04 2014, @07:23AM
Well, that may be because you are a dipshit. Not everyone's in retail because they didn't try hard enough. I was in retail, I have a Computer Science degree. I get turned down for all jobs because I have a disability and people - such as yourself - are bigots. Your asterisked comment seems to indicate you are a negligent employee, with no consideration for others at all. Your comments and assumptions throughout are supportive of this.
You forgot to append "At least, as far as I know," because that's all you're arguing with.
I have good credit, but that's as irrelevant as your statement.
Even cameramen are given drug tests today. What the hell does it matter if a cameraman is high? He's not driving, he's simply standing still framing a shot.
So? No, really, so what?
But the treatment does improve. Most of the places I've worked, the senior managers won't even look you in the eye because you're not worth it, you're just a minimum wage employee so fuck you and fuck your rights. This is normal, this is par for the course.
Ah yes, the good old strawman. Guaranteed to be pulled out to make an asshole look more reasonable.
The truth is, you have no idea what was going on. None. Stop trying to make shit up to make yourself feel better. This "Just World" bullshit is a fantasy made up so people such as yourself can feel superior for working harder than the less successful, who clearly didn't work as hard. Hard work doesn't get you very far without a lot of luck.
But this is only because you've made stuff up to reinforce your prejudiced opinion of someone you've never met. You are a delusional fool.
See how that works? I just made something up about you!
Oh, so you're an authority on shit now? You write as if nobody else has ever worked one of those jobs. Those jobs also pay next-to-nothing and have as few hours as they can get away with.
Who are you to tell people who to live their lives? You can't even formulate an argument without falling back on opinion and fiction to justify your position.
It's interesting that you think only the wealthy should have children, and the poor should all be sterilized while their children are killed.
And there you are again, making up shit just to support an extreme opinion.
Damned foreigners, stealing all our jobs and driving wages down.
I honestly can't tell if you're trolling, if you really believe this shit, or if you're trying to use irony and opposition to make a point. I'm hoping it's the latter, but that's mostly irrelevant.