In which case you’d use the grenade laucnhers?
The chief says the armored vehicle will stay but will only be deployed on his direct orders with the approval of the school superintendent.
The armored vehicle, which is stored at a secret location, has been in the department's possession since July. He assured me that the school police never had any intention of lobbing grenades at anyone, ever, and that they would not be used against students to launch anything.
Oh yeah, they're hanging on to no fewer than 61 rifles along with the MRAP. But the district doesn't plan on keeping them. Well, no.
The armored vehicles and heavy artillery distributed to local agencies became a national issue in the wake of the riots in Ferguson, Mo. More Headlines .
The armored vehicle is worth $733,000, and the school district's police force got it from the government for free. Sept 17 (Reuters) - Los Angeles schools' police said on Tuesday it would give up three grenade launchers it acquired for free through a federal program now facing mounting scrutiny for supplying local agencies with military-grade equipment, the L.A Times newspaper reported.
"And certainly we realize we need to take a look, is this the best alternative right now for us until we find something else that is more conducive to a police-type of rescue.".
"I can't allow whatever political ramifications or analysis in Ferguson suggest how I want to make a decision on how to best make sure we respond at the LAUSD," Zipperman said. The military hardware at the disposal of LAUSD police officers includes a 20-foot-long, 14-ton armored transport vehicles, much like the ones used to move Marines in Iraq combat zones. I can't imagine how the meeting for this decision must have gone.
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Los Angeles Unified School District police officials are considering whether they need the armored vehicle and grenade launchers they received from the U.S. military. In all the hullabaloo over the past few days about the San Diego School District's new MRAP, we…. The …
LA School Police To Return Grenade Launchers, Keep Armored Vehicle September 17, 2014 at 8:23 am Filed Under: Armored , Grenade , Launchers , LAUSD , MRAP , Police , school , truck The LA Times went on to speak with Deborah Fowler, deputy director of the social justice nonprofit Texas Appleseed, who pointed out that officers and security guards in schools misuse even tasers and pepper spray, disproportionally targeting students of color and those with disabilities.
Now the district's police department is giving them up.
Instant Pot Ultra 10-in-1 Pressure Cooker, LA's school district having three grenade launchers, keep pace with their neighbors in San Diego. Los Angeles Unified School District police officials are considering whether they need the armored vehicle and grenade launchers they received from the U.S. military.
"It's a piece of equipment that's not essential for our mission, so we will be disposing of those," Zipperman said.
The armored vehicle will be used only under extraordinary circumstances, officials said. DID you hear about the LA School district that surrendered the grenade launcher the Pentagon gave it? We live in a glorious country, America, where not only can police forces buy extremely armored…. Now the district's police department is giving them up. "For us?
(AP Photo/Mike Groll). But as a police department, he said, LAUSD’s finest engage in mutual-aid pacts with other police agencies, and the ability to move those launchers out of storage might come in handy.
Jun 12, 2020.
They still have the military rifles and mine resistant vehicle (MRAP). A grenade is less deadly if it’s fired from an ammunition launcher.
But also, uh, they're keeping their MRAP. Asked to explain itself, the LA School police chief, Steve Zipperman, claimed that the district had actually received the grenade launchers and the rifles all the way back in 2001 (though the MRAP is brand-spanking-new). (Reuters) - Los Angeles schools' police said on Tuesday it would give up three grenade launchers it acquired for free through a federal program now facing mounting scrutiny for supplying local agencies with military-grade equipment, the L.A Times newspaper reported.
L.A. Unified says that the M-16 automatic rifles, which were modified to semiautomatic since they were acquired in 2001, are "essential life-saving items" and will continue to be available to trained officers.
We don’t get to know an example of when the ammo launcher might be handy?
Anorak News | LA School District Surrenders The Grenade Launcher The Pentagon Donated But Keeps MRAP, Warren County Undersheriff Shawn Lamouree poses in front of the department’s mine resistant ambush protected vehicle, or MRAP, on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013, in Queensbury, N.Y. For police and sheriff’s departments, which have scooped up 165 of the mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles, or MRAPS, since they became available this summer, the price and the ability to deliver shock and awe while serving warrants or dealing with hostage standoffs was just too good to pass up. [LA School police chief] Steve Zipperman said that although the Pentagon identifies the three launchers as grenade launchers, civilian police call them less-deadly ammunition launchers. "It's something that we believe is a life-saving vehicle," Zipperman said.
The spokesperson said the grenade launchers are the type some police departments use for tear gas and have never been used by the school district, which doesn’t have munitions for them.
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Neither the armored vehicle nor the grenade launchers have ever been used.
The LA Times went on to speak with Deborah Fowler, deputy director of the social justice nonprofit Texas Appleseed, who pointed out that officers and security guards in schools misuse even tasers and pepper spray, disproportionally targeting students of color and those with disabilities.
The nation was up in arms over LA's school district having three grenade launchers in its possession for over a decade. Los Angeles School Police Department announced this week that it would be sending some controversial surplus military equipment back to the federal government. The armored vehicle was received over the summer and hasn’t been deployed yet. The district is also in possession of grenade launchers, which it received for free from the military after 9/11. As for the assault rifles, Zipperman said they were converted to semiautomatic assault rifles… and are used to train a cadre of officers within the department. Sept 17 (Reuters) - Los Angeles schools' police said on Tuesday it would give up three grenade launchers it acquired for free through a federal program now facing mounting scrutiny for supplying local agencies with military-grade equipment, the L.A Times newspaper reported. "To suggest that it's a threatening type of equipment or equipment for a show of force, that is not the case," Zipperman said. The nation was up in arms over LA's school district having three grenade launchers in its possession for over a decade.
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Los Angeles Unified School District police officials are considering whether they need the armored vehicle and grenade launchers they received from the U.S. military.
LA's School Police will return some grenade launchers but keep a mine-resistant vehicle it received through a federal program. "Look, look, we can all agree that having three grenade launchers is excessive and also that this MRAP is totally badass, right?". But that lunchtime bell is a bit old hat and lacks the urgency of a massive blast. The LA Times explained how they actually justified the decision to keep pace with their neighbors in San Diego and hold onto a vehicle designed to sustain the explosive force of roadside explosives. Photo Credit: US Army (a Force Industries Cougar MRAP doing its thing).
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