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"The vehicle, valued at $689,000, was not paid for by the town or tax dollars. It was acquired through the Federal 1033 program run by the US Department of Defense's Law Enforcement Support Office.

The program transfers weapons, equipment and vehicles from the military to civilian law enforcement agencies."

oh...ok

...why?

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[-] BobDole@hexbear.net 34 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

A while back, I did a search for the manuals for vehicles like this and figured out they, by default, they are all keyed alike. So, unless your local law enforcement agency is filled with intelligent, forward thinking individuals bright enough to get them rekeyed (and can convince the accountants/comptrollers to pay for the rekeying), you can figure out what the key is through the manuals (because pigs are idiots and host them unsecured) and order them on Amazon or whatever.

Would be funny if they were all at the bottom of lakes and canals

Also, all of your local cop cars are probably keyed alike, too. And busses don’t have keys at all.

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 23 points 4 months ago

You could probably get some good cash taking it to your local mafia run chop shop.

[-] krolden@lemmy.ml 22 points 4 months ago

My chop shop is collectively run

[-] Skeleton_Erisma@hexbear.net 20 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yep, Buses use start buttons to engage the engines, for the longest time, they utilized air starters for their reliability. Though electric starters have become more dependable and robust in the last few decades.

The only hard part now is patience, give it 45 or so seconds for the system to build air so you can actually use the brakes properly. Then disengage the parking brake (pressing the yellow diamond down)

Edit: some buses do not have a parking gear. To "park" some buses you put it in neutral then pull the parking brake tab up.

[-] ChaosMaterialist@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Boomers: "Kids these days can't drive manual!"

GenX/Y/Z/A: Pops parking brake and shifts into gear

Boomers: Ah well, nevertheless!

[-] happybadger@hexbear.net 31 points 4 months ago

foucault-madness astronaut-1

"The means of colonial violence turn inward to control the domestic population?"

[-] EmoThugInMyPhase@hexbear.net 21 points 4 months ago

Libs love to repeat Foucault’s definition of fascism, but they cover their ears when you bring up the boomerang.

[-] Des@hexbear.net 30 points 4 months ago

high water rescues

the other stuff; no but strip the armor off it, paint it yellow, but a cool "PROSPER SWIFT WATER RESCUE" logo on it and only do that

then give it to the fire department

[-] Skeleton_Erisma@hexbear.net 26 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

high water rescues

They're being bullshitters and they know it.

Merced, CA had a flood last year and they literally used an ARFF rig for rescues

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 24 points 4 months ago

Yeah, I have never seen the the-pigs ever attempt a rescue

The most I ever seen them do for the public good was pull a chunk of bumper out of the road before I could

[-] Black_Mald_Futures@hexbear.net 29 points 4 months ago

You people think the american empire doesn't ever learn anything, but here's proof

They learned how effective IEDs are for an insurgency, and gave these to domestic police

[-] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 29 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Damn and I thought it was wild that my city got one with a population of ~60k

Nothing has ever happened here that something like that would be useful for. Even when some MAGA chud shot a couple cops out in the mountains this thing wouldn't help because it wouldn't fit on the roads up there. Like it would literally cause a fuckin landslide before it got anywhere where people are armed in any significant way.

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 28 points 4 months ago

I'm glad Grave Digger got new life after being retired from the monster truck circuit.

[-] Tabitha@hexbear.net 27 points 4 months ago

Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle

we'll see

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago

"Resistant" is doing the heavy lifting here.

[-] principalkohoutek@hexbear.net 26 points 4 months ago

Not an occupying force tho

[-] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 25 points 4 months ago

Damn it's like the tools of imperialism are coming back to the homeland, like a boomerang or something

[-] Skeleton_Erisma@hexbear.net 25 points 4 months ago

Burgerpunk truck

[-] mayo_cider@hexbear.net 24 points 4 months ago

This truck is actually a de-escalation tactic, if any acorns attack the cops the detained people in the back of the truck are way safer

[-] anonochronomus@hexbear.net 22 points 4 months ago

Ok, I identify as a "law enforcement agency" now. WHERE'S MY FUCKING TANK!

[-] Wake@hexbear.net 21 points 4 months ago

Mine Resistant Ambush Protection Vehicle

Gets stopped in it's fukin tracks by a water balloon full of paint and sand tossed at its windshield.

[-] WilsonWilson@hexbear.net 18 points 4 months ago

Mine-Resistant lol ask Ukrainians about that.

$300 Chinese drone + $100 grenade from the top

[-] EmoThugInMyPhase@hexbear.net 17 points 4 months ago

I think police departments should have Iron Domes that shoot missiles at fentanyl particles

[-] Pentacat@hexbear.net 17 points 4 months ago

Tax dollars don’t pay for military equipment now?

[-] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago

That things hood is quite clearly taller than those two, presumably fully grown, adults. How the fuck would could this ever be safe to operate with anyone not in an SUV nearby unless you got an old timey red flag waver out front?

[-] DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 4 months ago

It'll be ok, because anyone they run over will be retro-actively tried with a crime, thus making it perfectly legal.

[-] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 13 points 4 months ago

This country is so beyond fucked

[-] ChaosMaterialist@hexbear.net 5 points 4 months ago

They gave the Los Angeles School District Police an MRAP too. I figure the US military was going full Oprah; You get an MRAP! And you get an MRAP!

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