My cousin lives in bloomington. Shes is a waitress and complains about how cheap all the college kids are about tipping. I said maybe yer setting the bar low working at dennys on midnights dude. She didnt like that comment, but when they let her go, lol, she ended up getting a job at red lobster where everyone tips right apparently. I mentioned to her about the police buyin an armored tank like truck for alotta money and she had no clue as to why they would need it.
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I have to admit taking a little glee watching leftists eat each other. I probably shouldn't but there's a part of me that finds this enjoyable.
I doubt anyone on this board can answer this.
Again, these are questions that only BPD can answer and I'm not aware of any of them on this board.
Well, that's kind of the point, really. No one can show me empirically why it is needed. All I get are emotional arguments. But if you ask the hard questions, then you become the crybaby who doesn't care about cops. No, that isn't the point. If it were about officer safety, we would just lock them all in a bunker. Or every little podunk town like mine would have a Bearcat for every officer. And if citizens who question the expenditure of public resources are automatically cop haters, then we would probably be against Indianapolis having equipment like this. Or against body armor, or sidearms.
So if we can just calm our little hyperbolic heads for a second, maybe we would realize that no one who is defending this expense can actually show why it is needed. It might actually be unnecessary. Then again, the data might show a legitimate need. But you can't even get to the logical part of that discussion without stepping over the mountain of dead cops and children thrown in your way.
My cousin lives in bloomington. Shes is a waitress and complains about how cheap all the college kids are about tipping. I said maybe yer setting the bar low working at dennys on midnights dude. She didnt like that comment, but when they let her go, lol, she ended up getting a job at red lobster where everyone tips right apparently. I mentioned to her about the police buyin an armored tank like truck for alotta money and she had no clue as to why they would need it.
Woobie,
I think you may have sidestepped Denny’s post...Unless you talk to the Bloomington Police Chief you will not get an answer you like.
No one here can answer your question.
I agree that the wasteful spending is out of control in all governments, local, state, national. CM was chastised about being snarky on another thread saying some of the money sent overseas should be spent here on mental health issues. I could name dozens of places we could cut spending as I’m sure you could, but getting our elected officials to be fiscally responsible with taxpayer money hasn’t happened in half a century, I just wish we could make it happen now.
I don't think that was a sidestep. I know what he meant, but in doing so he was honest enough to say the justification is unknown to anyone here. We have several people here who could justify that purchase by IMPD, but you can't assume that fits Bloomington. I think public servants owe a better answer than " the old one broke down" or "we might need it." My desire is to cut pork in all its forms. My frustration here is twofold: a societal and governmental condition which had created most of the need for this expense, and this attitude that tells everyone who demands accountability to basically shut up.
The pic from the IDS article: