Friday, March 15, 2013

Where's MARV?

I've written in the past about MARV, the armored vehicle of the McHenry County Sheriff's Department. It's not too fancy, compared to what some departments have been ordering. But it's still there, or so I think it is.

Is it being supplemented? Or replaced? Where is MARV? Anybody know? It may be a fair-weather vehicle. Does it even have a heater or windshield defrosters? Last time I looked at it, I didn't think it had windshield wipers. Does it still have Nygren's name plastered all over it? Are they still letting an untrained operator drive it?

Now comes this posting on Freedom Outpost:

"The ACLU has announced a nation-wide investigation of the militarization of our country’s police forces.


"The danger of any militarized group is that when it is sponsored by the government, it may be turned against the people.  In fact, that’s why we have a Second Amendment. The Framers worried that a federalized government would turn against the people and use a standing army to do it."

You can read the entire article here:: http://freedomoutpost.com/2013/03/government-sponsored-militarized-police-effects-upon-citizens/#ixzz2Newp60U6

3 comments:

Big Daddy said...

While I agree that the militarzation of the police seems to be increasing nationwide, something I am very much against, I would not want or trust the ACLU to do a honest and objective investigation on this matter.

Gus said...

I agree, but nobody else is questioning the acquisition of military vehicles or weapons by our police departments.

Law-abiding citizens should question the leaders of their communities. Try to get a straight answer. Try to get any answer.

If it's like around here, the city council will sit with stony faces and listen to the "3 minutes" of public comment, not respond, and move on to fixing potholes.

Big Daddy said...

Thats because the chiefs tell the mayor and others that their departments desperately need those toys which they then obtain through federal grants. I question the need for most of it . Case in point. Park Ridge Illinois. They are currently housing their police in a cramped,crowded building. The city was going to build them a brand new station but the PD insisted that they needed a sallyport to bring their prisoners ino the station. The city balked saying the cost of a sallyport was too high. The station is still not built. Now, how many prisoners does the PRPD process everyday? One? Two? Maybe even not that many yet they delayed the building of a nice new station because of something they THINK they need.