Yeah the state of ohio having a swat team and even some armored vehicles is somewhat reasonable. Ohio State University’s police department on the other hand should not have an Mine Resistant Armored Personnel carrier.
But also, if it gets to the point that we need to bust out the automatic weapons and shit, maybe an elected member of the state government should be approving and leading.
I mostly agree. The one thing I’ll say is that police departments weren’t specifically ordering MRAPs. It’s more that the military had a lot of spares that were otherwise going to be mothballed or destroyed. In some ways it’s efficient to reuse military materials like that. But, there are obviously downsides too.
Yeah the state of ohio having a swat team and even some armored vehicles is somewhat reasonable. Ohio State University’s police department on the other hand should not have an Mine Resistant Armored Personnel carrier.
But also, if it gets to the point that we need to bust out the automatic weapons and shit, maybe an elected member of the state government should be approving and leading.
I mostly agree. The one thing I’ll say is that police departments weren’t specifically ordering MRAPs. It’s more that the military had a lot of spares that were otherwise going to be mothballed or destroyed. In some ways it’s efficient to reuse military materials like that. But, there are obviously downsides too.