My local police

[Mikay]

So I am doing this project in school, where you shadow someone a bunch. So I shadowed a police officer. Now before I start talking, I would like to mention that I live in a 10000 person town, VERY little crime and hasn't been a real felony in 5 years.

So the guy I was shadowing brings me to the armory, and I expect the basic police weapons (IE pistols, shotguns, rifles) And that is all there. Then the officer takes out a gun case, and I am expecting a shotgun or beanbag gun or something. So he takes it out, and says, and I quote: "Yeah, this is my AR." like its nothing (AR meaning assault rifle).

Anyone else feel as if things like this are ridonk? I mean seriously, they had snipers, assault rifles, and these insane guns that you never see outside of video games.

[scottmale24]

You think that, then one day the shit hits the fan.

It happened here.

[InsertFunnyUserName]

Well, they are the police. They have them partially in the case of something happening where they would need such firearms, but I suspect it's also in part because they just like assault rifles. It is excessive, but hey, why not?

[JustsTrollingAlong]

Obviously you don't live in the south....

[HollowedPumkinz]

What ever the fuck that last "felony" was it must have seriously made those cops never go without heavy weaponry again. It's also there so they can beat off the inevitable Zombie Apocalypse. With just 10000 people in that town it would be an ideal safe zone. And therefore needed to be heavily guarded once the mass of people attract larger groups of zombies.
That's our Police for ya. Always thinking about the future.

[Sensationalism]

Lol, their budget is too high. :p

I doubt my town has that shit, and we have 2000.

[HollowedPumkinz]

At 1/17/10 12:19 AM, JustsTrollingAlong wrote: Obviously you don't live in the south....

Agreed. My Brother-in law has some very nice rifles. And the man isn't paid so much with his current job. But he got one regardless. And others. I'm not sure if you'd find that anywhere but down here. but hell it's not a bad thing. It's strictly used for hunting. When ever a gun is bought up north it's usually bought for killing and such as self defense.

[DragonFyre9]

Damn, there go your tax dollars. I'm sure it's worth it.

[VikingTrollHammer88]

At 1/17/10 12:10 AM, Mikay wrote: So I am doing this project in school, where you shadow someone a bunch. So I shadowed a police officer. Now before I start talking, I would like to mention that I live in a 10000 person town, VERY little crime and hasn't been a real felony in 5 years.

So the guy I was shadowing brings me to the armory, and I expect the basic police weapons (IE pistols, shotguns, rifles) And that is all there. Then the officer takes out a gun case, and I am expecting a shotgun or beanbag gun or something. So he takes it out, and says, and I quote: "Yeah, this is my AR." like its nothing (AR meaning assault rifle).

Anyone else feel as if things like this are ridonk? I mean seriously, they had snipers, assault rifles, and these insane guns that you never see outside of video games.

police are well armed these days...when i lived in Portland, OR i was talking to a cop about m4s and he was like "oh like this?" and opened the trunk of his cruiser and had an m4 in there

[Head-Full-Of-Acid]

my guess would be in case there was a drug-related stand off; your arsenal can NEVER be too big.

[VikingTrollHammer88]

and why do alot of NG users think that bad of eachother?

"only seen guns like this in a video game"
bitch i was in the army...i held weapons that you would cream over haha

[PuRpLe-KusH]

If the army can get them why not the police?

[JustsTrollingAlong]

At 1/17/10 12:38 AM, PuRpLe-KusH wrote: If the army can get them why not the police?

Yeah... lets give the police missile launchers, tanks, jets, and aircraft carriers too. Great idea...

[EverReady2Kill]

I live in a town of about 1000 and crime is fairly high. I think my town needs heavy weaponry.

Well there isn't that much crime but still.

[HollowedPumkinz]

At 1/17/10 12:38 AM, PuRpLe-KusH wrote: If the army can get them why not the police?

Because the army, for the most part, aim to kill while the Police only shoot, let alone aim to kill, when it is last resort. So therefore if your in the army you want a massive gun that would kill easily. While if your in the police force you only want a gun big enough to put down the average man with out it being fatal unless necessary.
If the police got a hold of some of the higher caliber rounds that could take a mans head off in one shot, then it would be way more likely that these very expensive weapons and ammunition would rot in a corner as they would never be in use. If a job is big enough to demand a an RPG or Sniper than it should be left to the FBI or SWAT not the small police department.

[Mikay]

its just kind of ridonk.

Also, I believe we may have a tank. No joke. but i think it has a battering ram rather than a cannon.

[ThePhantomGamer]

Never know when something big is going to happen.

[TailsPrower]

I guess you've learned a valuable lesson today. Don't fuck with cops.

[HazeStigma]

At 1/17/10 02:10 AM, TailsPrower wrote: I guess you've learned a valuable lesson today. Don't fuck with cops.

Hey all English police are armed with a reflective jacket and a note pad, and 60% of them are fat

[Warforger]

fuck the police

[CapnCrunchDaPimp]

That is crazy. Our town barely has 1,000 citizens and one douche bag on our police force is a fucking nazi. Everyone calls him Supercop. He cracks down on stupid things. He pulled me over on my bike because I coasted through a stop sign when no one was coming. He's a chicken shit mother fucker too.