|
|
|
WELCOME! If this is your first visit to Your Lincoln Park.com Community Website & Forums, we invite you to become a registered forum member and share your ideas and comments in over 100 forum categories created to help make Our City of Lincoln Park one of the best downriver communities. Registration is FREE but required to post in many of the forums. Be sure to review our Privacy Policy and Forum Rules (TOS) prior to posting. Posts will be moderated for all members with 10 posts or less. |
|
|
#1
 09-28-05, 3:04 pm
  |
|||||
|
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts/Thanks: 6,907/440 Thanked 181 Times in 145 Posts
|
|||||
|
Are our leaders running Detroit too, check this out.
City's Intended Purchase Of Assault Tank Comes Under Fire Council Will Vote On Issue Wednesday POSTED: 10:48 am EDT September 28, 2005 It's a huge tank with a huge price tag.The Detroit Police department is ready to make a big purchase on a crime-fighting vehicle despite laying off dozens of officers.It's an armored urban assault vehicle that would be used in drug raids and will cost the department $743,000.The vehicle, called "The General," can cross rivers and protect its passengers from explosive land mines. It has 20 wheels and is equipped with periscopes.For drug assaults, the vehicle has massive fire power and can knock down doors, Local 4 reported.It is one awesome piece of equipment, said those familiar with the vehicle, but the controversial question is the cost. Opponents say spending money on the vehicle is inconceivable when the city is making significant cuts in its police department.Critics of the purchase believe the department is short on cars and radios, long on response times and shouldn't be spending the cash on the vehicle. The Detroit Police department said the money is not coming from taxpayers or the city's general fund, but from drug forfeitures. A police spokesman said the vehicle would be a real advance for the department."We stand firm saying this is a very much needed piece of equipment," said James Tate of the Detroit Police department.Sheila Cockrel, of the Detroit City Council, said the money should be spent on more pressing needs like training officers."Is this the highest and best use or is it a just another sort of big toy for big guys?" said Cockrel.Detroit would be the first major city to buy The General. Oakland County has one, as does a county in Tennessee.The city council is expected to vote on the purchase Wednesday.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Arctic Cat Thundercat Test Pilot  |
|
#2
09-28-05, 3:05 pm
|
|||||
|
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts/Thanks: 6,907/440 Thanked 181 Times in 145 Posts
|
|||||
|
Re: Are our leaders running Detroit too, check this out.
Is this the Duchane of Detroit? Sorry, we don't have any officers to come to your aid right now, but we've saved a bunch of money on our overpriced SUV insurance by switching to Geico.  |
|
#3
09-28-05, 3:13 pm
 |
|||||
|
Join Date: Jan 2001
Posts/Thanks: 7,785/218 Thanked 229 Times in 167 Posts
|
|||||
|
Re: Are our leaders running Detroit too, check this out.
HEY that vehicle looks like the one that RoboCop took out in RoboCop 2. 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Sometimes we must serve in order to lead" by Unknown |
|
#4
09-28-05, 3:57 pm
|
|||||
|
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts/Thanks: 6,907/440 Thanked 181 Times in 145 Posts
|
|||||
|
Re: Are our leaders running Detroit too, check this out.
All I know is that they better get one heck of a snowmobile. With my new 1000cc Thundercat, fastest production snowmobile, they will need it this winter.  |
|
#5
09-28-05, 4:00 pm
|
|||||
|
Join Date: Sep 2004
Posts/Thanks: 1,932/121 Thanked 117 Times in 89 Posts
|
|||||
|
Re: Are our leaders running Detroit too, check this out.
They definetly need a vehicle like that in Detroit . If it saves the life of one police officer it is worth every penny .spent on it. or keeps one cop from being injured. It will be paid for with Drug Forfeiture money not a dime comes from the General fund.. What a way to knock on the door of a drug dealer.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If pro is the opposite of con? would CONgress be the oppositeof PROgress? |
|
#6
09-28-05, 4:15 pm
|
|||||
|
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts/Thanks: 6,907/440 Thanked 181 Times in 145 Posts
|
|||||
|
Re: Are our leaders running Detroit too, check this out.
I guess if you look at it with that perspective, then yes, it's worth it. |
|
#7
09-28-05, 4:41 pm
|
|||||
|
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts/Thanks: 788/569 Thanked 85 Times in 62 Posts
|
|||||
|
Re: Are our leaders running Detroit too, check this out.
Quote:
How about saving the lives of one resident with enough officers and the proper training with those forfeiture funds? I'm all for protecting police officers, but not at the expense of all citizens. Everyone's lives have value, not just police officers. I would think that kind of money could buy a lot more than just a tank.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  To Ms. Brady for her diligent work and courage! |
|
 |
|
|
Advertise & Volunteers Business Yellow Pages In Honor of - Joseph "Smokey Joe" Lyson |
|
|
| Your City of Lincoln Park Community Website | Privacy Statement Review MMSi Copyright, Privacy, Disclaimers and Terms of Use Policies here. |
Linear Mode
