This Police Department Lost A Military Humvee
It never occurred to anyone that the Humvee, given to Palestine, AR police department by the Pentagon, could be just taken, since it has no keys.
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“It never crossed my mind” that anyone would do that, Palestine Police Chief Stanley Barnes said Wednesday of the incident. The Humvee, which the town of fewer than 700 people got for free through a controversial Pentagon program that gives old military equipment to local police departments, doesn’t have keys. But it’s easy to look up how to start one.
The possibility that the 5,000-pound Humvee might be stolen was so far from Barnes’ mind that it took a week before anyone on the small force noticed it was missing from the police station’s parking lot.
Once Barnes noticed it was gone, he sprang into action.
“We just do what police officers do — we find out who done it,” Barnes said. “People talk.”
A hunter reported seeing the vehicle, which was emblazoned with the police department’s logo, in the woods a county over. The thief had driven into a tree and completely wrecked it.[su_sky_ad]
R.J. Carter September 2nd, 2014 at 9:41 am
“That thar’s what we need to go deer huntin’. They’re what ya call yer military grade Ay Tee Vee!”
M D Reese September 2nd, 2014 at 1:05 pm
I didn’t know that they could even spell ATV!
uzza September 2nd, 2014 at 10:40 am
These guys’ job is to prevent crime, and it never occurred to them that someone might steal a car?
Carla Akins September 2nd, 2014 at 11:41 am
I couldn’t find the tank video but who doesn’t love this: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5qygy_stripes-boom-chuga-luga-bill-murray_fun
M D Reese September 2nd, 2014 at 1:00 pm
Too funny–I recently saw an article stating that men marching in unison makes them violent…
We have a man here in town who owns an armored personnel carrier–it’s really strange to see it coming at you down the highway.
allison1050 September 2nd, 2014 at 12:00 pm
What the hell does a town of fewer than 700 need with a hummvee in the 1st place? And how the hell do you NOT notice something that large is missing from their parking lot? It’s time this town start marrying out. ;o))
uzza September 2nd, 2014 at 12:09 pm
I think it’s safe to say that if it took them a week to notice it was missing, they don’t need it.
allison1050 September 2nd, 2014 at 1:44 pm
I hate to say this but here I go…lol ’cause you’re right of course!
RioBravoHombre September 2nd, 2014 at 12:10 pm
I once worked on an offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. Mobil Oil bought tons of the best tools on the market, and they were routinely stolen by the folks who worked on my rig…all you had to do was fill your duffel bag, and fly home on the chopper with them, it was so normal that if you DIDN’T steal, you were a weirdo. But, how do you load up a Humvee and make off with it, without anyone noticing?
Dwendt44 September 2nd, 2014 at 12:51 pm
Most large military vehicles do not need a key to start and run. BUT I would think that changing to a key system would be one of the first things a civilian change over would require.
tiredoftea September 2nd, 2014 at 1:07 pm
“Well, Barney and Thelma were on vacation and he left his bullet here , so no one thought much about it.”
madashellnow September 2nd, 2014 at 2:17 pm
Wow, you’re all concerned about a single Humvee…how come no one worried about the money Hillary lost in the State Department?
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/4/state-dept-misplaced-6b-under-hillary-clinton-ig-r/?page=all
Bunya September 2nd, 2014 at 2:28 pm
Probably for the same reason nobody worried about the $2.3 trillion that went missing the day before 9/11. How convenient.
Rick September 2nd, 2014 at 7:12 pm
Nutjob!
tiredoftea September 2nd, 2014 at 6:37 pm
The Washington Times, really? What, couldn’t link to WND?
fancypants September 2nd, 2014 at 6:40 pm
A hunter reported seeing the vehicle, which was emblazoned with the police department’s logo, in the woods a county over. The thief had driven into a tree and completely wrecked it
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I can imagine the thief thinking WOW I can run over anything with this Humvee !