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Article: POLICE ARMORED VEHICLES

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November 1, 2004
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Armored vehicles can be employed in many situations- active shooters, snipers, barricaded suspects, hostage situations, high-risk warrants, riots, and dealing with dangerous fugitives. They can be used for scouting, probing, diversion, cover, containment, victim rescue, intelligence gathering, placement of personnel and equipment, bringing in ammunition, and acting as a launch platform for less lethal agents and chemicals.

An armored vehicle can also be used to block garage doors so a bad guy can't drive out. A camera scope can be mounted on the ram's end to see into a building, and if it turns out the building's layout prohibits using the ram against a door, it could be used to take out a ...

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