Great. Although it seems to be needed, Ill feel really trusting of a cop when I see basically a VPD tank driving beside me.
Linky: [A href="http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=49cc3005-17d9-4778-bc28-340328cd29d0"]http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=49cc3005-17d9-4778-bc28-340328cd29d0[/A]
[DIV class=feed_details] [H4]Chantal Eustace, Vancouver Sun[/H4][SPAN]Published: Thursday, October 18, 2007[/SPAN] The Vancouver police department expects to order an armoured rescue vehicle within a month, making it the first police force in Canada to own one of the $270,000 BearCats.
The Vancouver Police Foundation raised more than $200,000 last week at a retirement roast for former chief Jamie Graham to buy a BearCat.
"I'll sleep a lot easier once we have one in town," said Sgt. Norm Webster of the Vancouver Police Emergency Response Team, who has been campaigning for the BearCats for more than two years. [SCRIPT type=text/XXXXscript] var addthis_pub = 'canada.com'; function textCounter(field,cntfield,maxlimit) ( if (field.value.length ] maxlimit) // if too long...trim it! field.value = field.value.substring(0, maxlimit); // otherwise, update 'characters left' counter else ( var divLabel = document.getElementById("divLabel"); divLabel.innerHTML = maxlimit - field.value.length + " characters remaining"; ) ) [/SCRIPT] [SCRIPT src="http://s9.addthis.com/js/widget.php?v=10" type=text/XXXXscript][/SCRIPT]
"I'm hoping that we'd be able to place an order within a month."
But a criminologist said armoured vehicles may present the wrong image of the police.
The police foundation -- which raises funds for things like police training and equipment -- gave the 700 guests at the roast "Fund a BearCat" information forms, listing the highly mobile armoured truck's qualities, including "increased levels of safety during CBRNE [chemical, biological, radioactive, nuclear and explosive] incidents."
Ordinary police vehicles aren't built to withstand gunfire, Webster said, so police are vulnerable now during rescue operations.
Rest of the story at the link.
