I wouldn't sign up to be a cop, they face uncertainty every time they leave for work...Had a guy from down south of here told me "I just hope to go home at night with the same number of holes I left with this morning". Especially since they do it for peanuts.

 

I do however agree with Eric that the police do not need to have military surplus equipment. There's no place for MRAPs on the streets of a US city at this point. The build up of local police and their counterparts is part of a plan.

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