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Title: SWAT's new armored vehicle unveiled
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URL Source: http://www.ocala.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ ... 505/NEWS/205050317/1001/NEWS01
Published: May 8, 2007
Author: Kevin Carter
Post Date: 2007-05-08 20:06:54 by SmokinOPs
Keywords: SWAT, armored vehicle
Views: 1353
Comments: 15
OCALA - Fred Chisholm is done risking his life with 70 pounds of gear strapped to his body while he's crammed in the back of a slow-moving, military-surplus truck with no air conditioning. Make no mistake, the assistant SWAT Commander for Marion County Sheriff's Office will keep facing danger. But the lieutenant and 19 other SWAT team members will do so now in a better-equipped armored personnel carrier with a chemical and radiological monitoring system. The heavily armored vehicle unveiled Friday is a model known as The BearCat, built by Lenco Industries in Pittsfield, Mass. It was purchased with a Department of Homeland Security State Enhancement grant of $254,000. The BearCat is a first-response vehicle in the event of a terrorist attack. The vehicle also will be used in barricaded hostage situations or other standoffs. "We never know when something might go wrong," Chisholm said. The BearCat has significant advantages over the SWAT team's former transportation, an old Air Force Peacekeeper purchased with another grant in 1985. There are loudspeakers, two-way speakers, spotlights, a camera mounted on top that can capture infrared and color images, and the BearCats' dashboard monitor has better picture quality than the Peacekeeper's retrofitted system had, said SWAT team driver Sgt. Jeff Gold. The Peacekeeper could fit about four men in back and two in front. The BearCat fits 10 fully equipped SWAT members in back, Chisholm said. Handles and outside foot railings allow others to ride on the side. The BearCat was built from a Ford F550 pickup, giving it warranties from Ford and Lenco and making service possible at a Ford dealership. Its hybrid construction makes some parts seem wildly at odds. The dashboard has an AM/FM radio, compact disc player and retractable cupholders. A few feet beyond lies a pop-up hatch on top that would allow an officer to provide cover as SWAT members deploy from the vehicle, and gun ports for officers to shoot from the safety of the vehicle. Chisholm and other officers like the working air conditioner. Waits in the Peacekeeper during long standoffs in full gear meant baking in their own sweat. The BearCats' doors clang shut like a bank vault. That's the feeling Gold said you're supposed to have driving and serving inside it. It was built to withstand .223- and .308-caliber armor piercing rounds. "It's a lot more secure," Gold said. BearCats weigh 8 tons, get 10 miles per gallon and have a top speed of about 85 mph, said Lenco Industries president Len Light. "They're not offensive," he said. "They're a bunker on wheels." BearCats are being used across the country by a growing number of police departments. Lenco makes similar vehicles with slightly different equipment that are being used in Iraq and Afghanistan by the U.S. military, Light said. The Peacekeeper's fate remains undecided. It was often in need of repair and regularly towed to incident scenes due to its lack of speed and unreliability, Gold said. No SWAT member seemed sentimental Friday about seeing it replaced. "It served its purpose for a time," Gold said.
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I'm shocked. Check out the pic at the link.
yeah, they need tanks to go after pistol packing grannies now. Why did we wait so long to get them what they need? < /sarc >
No flame thrower, no surface cruise missiles, no nukular capability... what kind of SWAT vehicle is this?
Antiparty - find out why, think about 'how'
Ocala is a small town. Still some lingering concerns about collateral damage I guess. Check out the camies on the JBTs.
crock of shit bump to this one
Based on the other article you posted, even tanks won't help these dimwits. lmao! If you can make a dynamic entry raid on the wrong house, you have no business making dynamic entry raids, because you are going to get yourself killed someday. If the crew that raided the trailer raided my house, they would get very confused, very fast and end up very dead. oops.
Oh, the secret of the miracle economy is out and it's called a fascist police state. Richard W.
No flame thrower, no surface cruise missiles, no nukular capability... what kind of SWAT vehicle is this? 1. No worries about this FORD product since it will often be F.oundO.nR.oadD.ead....LOL 2. They just didn't tell you about the missiles, flame thrower and EMP pulse device.
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition That's OK...you dind't spill our...ahh mean your...secrets ;)) P.S> Excellent job cleaning up my additions over there. Much more professional.
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition Since I have seen no DOJ hits at EotR yet, I figure 4um isn't heavily monitored yet. ;)
Wouldn't they spoof their IP address the same way I do? With military equivalents of Privoxy and Tor ?
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition Believe it or not, no. lol At EdBrown.Org I'd see them all the time. DOJ and IRS.
We did have a nasa.gov visitor tonight. He came without a refering URL so he typed the url to EotR in his browser. Hmmmm....
I noticed Nieto [judge] is locked...is it OK to approve the others or do you want to do that?? Thanks
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition Items get locked if someone goes in to edit or approve an item, but does not click on close or save when exiting. I cleared the locks now. I didn't get a chance to really sit down with the rest of those waiting in queue. I did want to clean them up a bit, but you can go ahead and do it if you want. I will be gone for a couple of weeks starting tomorrow. I will be able to check in briefly while I'm gone.
It was purchased with a Department of Homeland Security State Enhancement grant of $254,000.
#2. To: SmokinOPs (#0)
Fred Chisholm is done risking his life with 70 pounds of gear strapped to his body while he's crammed in the back of a slow-moving, military-surplus truck with no air conditioning.
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#4. To: a vast rightwing conspirator (#3)
No flame thrower, no surface cruise missiles, no nukular capability... what kind of SWAT vehicle is this?
#5. To: SmokinOPs (#1)
#6. To: SmokinOPs (#4)
Check out the camies on the JBTs.
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#7. To: SmokinOPs (#0)
purchased with a Department of Homeland Security State Enhancement grant of $254,000.
#8. To: a vast rightwing conspirator (#3)
The BearCat was built from a Ford F550 pickup
#9. To: Critter (#6)
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If the crew that raided the trailer raided my house, they would get very confused, very fast and end up very dead. oops.
#10. To: IndieTX (#9)
That's OK...you dind't spill our...ahh mean your...secrets ;))
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#12. To: IndieTX (#11)
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