Old news... they've had this for at least 3 years now. I agree, not sure why they need it.
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Old news... they've had this for at least 3 years now. I agree, not sure why they need it.
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Originally Posted by KevDen2005
Last I heard, the landlord was still trying to get compensation for the damage from the county, as the guy they arrested has zero assets...
Apparently causing a stir after being posted yesterday by a KBPI DJ. Just found this article on DP page. http://www.denverpost.com/lakewood/c...io-disc-jockey
Viral photo of Jefferson County "tank" is not a tank
Photo posted by Denver radio disc jockey is years old
By Austin Briggs
YourHub Reporter
Posted: 04/10/2014 10:21:05 AM MDT1 comments | Updated: 48 min. ago
The 1976 M113-A1 Armored Personnel Carrier has been on loan to the Jefferson County Sheriff s Office from the Department of Defense since 2005.
The 1976 M113-A1 Armored Personnel Carrier has been on loan to the Jefferson County Sheriff s Office from the Department of Defense since 2005. (Provided by Jefferson County Sheriff s Office)
It may look like a tank, but it's not a tank.
A Facebook picture posted Wednesday morning by Denver radio disc jockey Willie B., of a tracked vehicle with a "Jefferson County Sheriff" logo sitting on a flatbed trailer, quickly went viral.
"Uhhhhhh Damn..they gotta Tank!! I'm absolutely sure this is to protect us and serve us....right?" the 106.7 KBPI disc jockey wrote on his Facebook page.
The picture quickly spread across Facebook and garnered 1,746 shares before jumping to Reddit and other sites, with commentators up in arms about a tank in Jefferson County.
"We can buy tanks, only our Jeffco schools our youth, Have to have a bake sale or some other fund raiser to fund computers and books. Great job guys," wrote one Facebook commentator.
"They shouldn't be buying any military hardware, are they implying the state is at war with its citizens?" wrote a Reddit user.
Even though it has tracks similar to a tank, it's actually a 1976 M113-A1 Armored Personnel Carrier that has been on loan to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office from the Department of Defense since 2005, said sheriff's office spokesman Mark Techmeyer.
"We've had it for nine years now and have been very transparent with it," Techmeyer said. "We took it to a middle school career fair yesterday ... I don't know where that particular picture came from but we've had a lot of photos of the vehicle on our website over the years."
The most likely use of the vehicle is in active shooter situations where deputies can be transported safely to a barricaded house, Techmeyer said, or used to transport a suspected bomb.
"There's no offensive capabilities at all; it's purely defensive," Techmeyer said. "We paid nothing for it and when we're done we'll return it to the Department of Defense."
He added the vehicle has been used "on several occasions" in active shooter situations.
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The owner will never get anything. Insurance policies specifically exclude damage from law enforcement. Police recently pried our back door open and they were at the wrong address? Think anyone from Aurora is offering to pay for the repairs? Not a chance.Quote:
Originally Posted by TFOGGER
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Originally Posted by Irving
Could you imagine some armed, law-abiding citizen siting there and hearing his back door being pryed open because the police have the wrong address? Whole can of bad things following.
To be fair to JeffCo...
IIRC, there are a whopping two incidents in US history where a .50BMG was used to commit a crime.
One of those was in unincorporated JeffCo, and a deputy was killed. Admittedly by one of the other guns that the motherfucker brought to the scene, but I still can't blame JeffCo wanting something a bit more armored than a III-A soft vest.
Let's not forget the psycho (Marvin Heemeyer) in Granby that used that his D335 bulldozer to go on a rampage. IIRC he had a .50 cal.
See!?!? Guns are dangerous.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ronin13
Wouldn't the D335 win against that APC in a tug of war? (especially if it got some lift going with the bucket)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ronin13
Maybe they need a bigger tank :)
I would like to see actual proof that either one of them had a 50. And I dont mean locked in their safe at home. On them during the crime. Anyone?