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Originally Posted by Nage Waza
I am involved in emergency response, sometimes with the police. That vehicle is used for several purposes, including being used as a mobile operations centre. The vehicle is used frequently, not to justify its purpose, but to actually normalize its use and ensure that those that need it are aware of how it operates, especially as a mobile operations centre that may require the use of multiple agencies, including municipal, provincial and federal.
The tactical unit shouldn't wait around for an escalation that requires SWAT, they support existing police and have the ability to respond to serious escalations. We all hope they aren't constantly responding to these escalations, as those are serious issues. We still need them just in case. Cops aren't engaging in gun fights like on tv, they call the tactical unit.
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see at least this is bringing something to the table we can discuss.
the 500 times thing makes more sense when bring up training.
but to say it's used 500 times with no context doesn't help the public understand.
nor does it help to have people say things like Aleks did when he
says things like
"There's more information behind that decision that that you're just not privy to, so let the people who are in charge of making those decisions make them "Suffice to say, the new vehicle was a very sound purchase."
then he deflects by attacking the fire department.