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BryanK · 08-20-2014, 06:13

So when are SWAT unit's going to start receiving those old M60's? IMO, since a healthy number of Vet's are ETS'ing and subsequently joining their local PD's for a job, they carry that mentality into the ranks. They transmit that mentality to their subordinates/colleagues as well, resulting in a mixing bowl of what I call the "Constitutional Combat" mentality. A mix of Mil and LE training, logistics/supply, mission planning, and execution of those missions. It may not seem like a big deal to those officers, but when citizens start seeing MRAP's rolling down the road with a cannon of some sort poking out of the turret, it stands to reason why they get a little uneasy. I know I felt a little uneasy the first time I saw the Polizei in action.

I understand that they have a need to protect themselves, but lately whenever I turn on the news and see police responding to a stand-off, riot, etc., it looks like a Special-Ranger-Forces-Recon-SEAL-Delta operator reunion. For instance, the headline photo in the article below:

http://www.newsweek.com/how-americas...4537?piano_t=1

08-20-2014, 06:13	#268
BryanK Guerrilla Chief Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: VA Posts: 859	So when are SWAT unit's going to start receiving those old M60's? IMO, since a healthy number of Vet's are ETS'ing and subsequently joining their local PD's for a job, they carry that mentality into the ranks. They transmit that mentality to their subordinates/colleagues as well, resulting in a mixing bowl of what I call the "Constitutional Combat" mentality. A mix of Mil and LE training, logistics/supply, mission planning, and execution of those missions. It may not seem like a big deal to those officers, but when citizens start seeing MRAP's rolling down the road with a cannon of some sort poking out of the turret, it stands to reason why they get a little uneasy. I know I felt a little uneasy the first time I saw the Polizei in action. I understand that they have a need to protect themselves, but lately whenever I turn on the news and see police responding to a stand-off, riot, etc., it looks like a Special-Ranger-Forces-Recon-SEAL-Delta operator reunion. For instance, the headline photo in the article below: http://www.newsweek.com/how-americas...4537?piano_t=1 __________________ "1000 days of evasion are better than one day in captivity" "Too many men work on parts of things. Doing a job to completion, satisfies me."- Richard Proenneke Last edited by BryanK; 08-20-2014 at 06:20.
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