Why Do Local Cops Need Camoflauge?

[P.D.X.]

Even playing devils advocate I can’t wrap my mind around what the actual use of that thing would be.

Last ditch effort to give a chubby to a bunch of white suburbanites who bitch about the economy and gas prices while driving $80k pick-ups that never touch anything but asphalt to their desk jobs 30 miles away.

It hurts to think what $700k (plus all the operating costs) could be spent on for actual public safety measures.

[mister d]

Lawsuits.

[DSafetyGuy]

Fondly remembering the original reporting...

[DaveInSeattle]

Not a cop...but an off-duty security guard...

Teen fatally shot by off-duty guard in Renton identified

The shooting death of a 17-year-old teen from Renton occurred after a 51-year-old suspect assumed the victim was about to commit armed robbery, according to court newly released court documents.

On Friday, authorities identified the teen as Hazrat Ali Rohani. He died after receiving multiple gunshot wounds.

Prosecutors believe the boy was just trying to return or exchange the BB gun at a sporting goods store.

The homicide occurred Wednesday evening outside the Big 5 Sporting Goods store on Grady Way in Renton.

In new court filings, police noted the 51-year-old suspect was an off-duty, armed security guard. Despite having no authority to conduct security services at that specific location, police said the suspect told them he offered "overwatch" at the strip mall because of rising crime in the parking lot there.

....

According to investigators, the teens were carrying airsoft guns. According to the two surviving teens, one of the boys was "dealing with functioning issues on the airsoft gun and wanted to take it back to Big 5 Sporting Goods to either return or exchange it." Additionally, police said the victim was also carrying an airsoft gun to the sporting goods store because he "wanted assistance with a magazine issue he was having with the firearm."

[DSafetyGuy]

I don't want you to listen to the podcast, just want to link to provide citation for the following headline, which you should just read for its simple wonder:

The LA County Sheriff’s Dept. has a new policy banning deputy gangs

And, one day later...

Several L.A. County sheriff’s deputies relieved of duty in connection with federal investigation

The reporting doesn't have any details yet, but, you know, fun.

[sancarlos]

Magnum Force.

[mister d]

Tupac (really, his friend Pogo) talked about cop gangs like 30 years ago in the last song on earth I'd ever want to have to perform in front of people.

[Nonlinear FC]

I think inherent corruption and racism in police forces are so rampant and prevalent that it's almost like those in power don't want it reported/exposed because it would seriously undermine... like, society.

I'm not a conspiracy theory guy, but I've also seen/heard so many stories like the Gun Task Force in Baltimore, the Chicago PD working with the FBI to execute Fred Hampton, so so so many corrupt and shitty practices in NYC (they were absolutely running a criminal operation in the 80s and 90s.)... The list goes on and on.

[rass]

h/t

[Keg]

My dogs name is Cabo!

[DSafetyGuy]

Watched "Die Hard" with our 14-year-old Friday night.

Her only question about the movie was why the police were dressed the way they were (just uniforms for those not actively entering the building). There is a school resource officer at the high school.

[Shirley]

Watched "Die Hard" with our 14-year-old Friday night.

Her only question about the movie was why the police were dressed the way they were (just uniforms for those not actively entering the building). There is a school resource officer at the high school.

I don't get it. What was she expecting?

[Johnnie]

Given her age and the culture in which she is growing up, she's probably only used to seeing police looking like they're military operators invading Fallujah instead of regular ass dudes with graduated bus driver outfits.

Especially when the movie is about terrorists.

[DSafetyGuy]

Watched "Die Hard" with our 14-year-old Friday night.

Her only question about the movie was why the police were dressed the way they were (just uniforms for those not actively entering the building). There is a school resource officer at the high school.

I don't get it. What was she expecting?

Do your local police not wear bulletproof gear as part of their normal workday of doing nothing?

[rass]

Did you explain how uncommon the “RV” was back then and now over 35 years later pretty much every town has at least one equivalent vehicle?

[Jerloma]

This is incredible...

[The Sybian]

This is incredible...

Wow! I have a new closing line when I speak at a school board or town council meeting. “Fuck all you guys!”

[Shirley]

Amazing. That poor woman is going to be executed or sent to prison.

[DSafetyGuy]

Wow! I have a new closing line when I speak at a school board or town council meeting. “Fuck all you guys!”

There was another one a couple years ago from a Zoom city council meeting (it may have also been LA) where the guy absolutely lit up everyone the entire time (for actual decisions and policies) with a ton of f-bombs, then buttoned it up with "I yield my time" about an eighth of a second before his time was done.