After the assassination of those two cops in NYC last weekend, I predict that 2015 will see at least one major police department using armored personnel carriers for routine patrols in certain neighborhoods.
In the course of her duties, The Bride was riding with county deputies yesterday during neighborhood sweeps.
She reported later, there were neighborhoods she went in that she wished they’d doubled the escort. Especially when her ride was running ID checks in the cruiser, and the screen flashed red saying “Armed And Dangerous” for outstanding warrants.
Think about that a moment: a warrant, meaning the perp had YET to be arrested, and a warning that he’s armed.
And she was doing joovie work.
The Bride was also talking to another uniform, about the Tarpon Springs shooting. One cop knew the shooter: a kid with a joovie sheet a hundred yards long, and now he’s an adult cop-killer. And after every charge, the kid would say, “I be sowwy, won’ do nuffin agin”...
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