No place in Berkeley for police armored car

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

City and UC Berkeley officials announced Thursday that they, along with their counterparts in the city of Albany, have canceled a joint request for a $170,000 Armored Emergency Rescue Vehicle from a federally affiliated nonprofit group. . Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates said the big question wasn't whether local police could find such a vehicle useful -but why in the world the application was made to begin with.

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No place in Berkeley for police armored car (Original post)	alp227	Jul 2012	OP
Kudos to these city officials	permatex	Jul 2012	#1
They are an excellent means of enforcing Free Speech Zones (TM).	kestrel91316	Jul 2012	#4
Agreed!	gopiscrap	Jul 2012	#7
The National Guard already has plenty of these vehicles.	xtraxritical	Jul 2012	#2
Good for Berkley. Andy made Barney keep his bullet in his pocket for a good reason.	Vidar	Jul 2012	#3
Glad they put a stop to the further militarization of the police.	Crowman1979	Jul 2012	#5
Now if only the rest of the country would follow their lead.	permatex	Jul 2012	#6