17 May 2013 (11:17 UTC-07 Tango)/07 Rajab 1434/27 Ordibehest 1391/08 Ding-Si (4th month) 4711
Local southeast Idaho news media reporting that the Sheriff of sparsely populated Bear Lake County is begging residents to fork up the bucks to buy an expensive BearCat Armored Fighting Vehicle, supposedly to fight the growing violent crime in the county.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 data, there were only 6001 people residing in Bear Lake County. According to FBI Uniform Crime Reports data, from 2001 to 2008 there was a total of 312 crimes reported in Bear Lake County, only 15 were considered violent!
In fact, the Federal Bureau of Investigation is reporting that their 2012 UCR data shows a continued drop in violent crime across the United States, so what is this Sheriff from Bear Lake County, Idaho, talking about?
But wait, there’s more!
North of Bear Lake County is another bigger county, and the Sheriff is demanding a BearCat AFV for his deputies as well!
Bannock County Sheriff Lorin Nielsen is making the same claim; violent crime has climbed so high that “This has been, as I refer to it, the year from hell. We have been involved in three officer-involved shootings in the last year.”
For most metropolitan areas of the United States, three officer involved shootings is a good year!
Because of the three officer involved shootings, Nielsen wants to get a tank on wheels to protect his deputies. That’s strange because it was his officers that were doing the shooting!!! Do they plan on more shootings and they’re afraid people might start shooting back?
The BearCat AFV is claimed to be able to withstand a .50 caliber (12.7 mm) bullet. To date there have been no officer involved shootings where the suspect was using an expensive and big .50 caliber gun!!!
The BearCat can carry 12 Boston Strong false flagger take your rights away from you paramilitary cops. Some local law enforcement agencies in Idaho don’t even have that many cops!!!
The 2010 Census Bureau data for Bannock County, Idaho, shows a population of 83691. From 2008 through 2009 there were about 11000 ‘crimes’ (including false calls to 911). The overwhelming majority of those crimes were not violent crimes! So why does the Bannock County Sheriff really want a tank on wheels? (he already has an older one, but it lacks a heater and it gets cold in there in winter)
But wait, there’s more!
Next door, in Power County, Jim Jeffries the Sheriff said “Anything that can happen anywhere else will eventually happen in our hometowns, and in our counties. If you are going to have a team, it’s important to train that team to do the tactical things that they need to do.”
Sounds to me like Idaho Sheriffs are prepping for a little Boston Strong police stateism in the sparsely populated Gem State.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 data, there were only 7766 people residing in Power County, Idaho. Unfortunately Power County does have more crime than Bear Lake County. According to FBI Uniform Crime Reports data, from 1999 to 2008 there was a total of 1257 crimes reported. But only 83 were considered violent!
But wait, there’s more!
In toto, all six southeastern Idaho county Sheriffs are begging the underemployed residents to fork up the bucks to buy the AFVs. And that’s even after they get grants from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and use money legally stolen from people who were arrested for drug related crimes. (how expensive are these damned Lenco BearCats? About $260000 for one)