Last week I visited the mobile unit when it was parked on Bryant and Broadway. I spent about an hour and a half with Lt. Lund, who gave me the info I gave you.
Perhaps you should call her with any specific questions you may have. Carey Joe Howell Hawthorne ----- Original Message ----- From: Dyna Sluyter<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: CAREY HOWELL<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 1:18 AM Subject: Re: [Mpls] Re: mobile command big blue On Wednesday, September 8, 2004, at 08:53 PM, CAREY HOWELL wrote: > The mobile command unit IS staffed whenever it is in the neighborhood > whether or not the MPD is short-staffed. So Priority 1 calls have to wait because MPD can't pull an officer away from the Mobile Command Unit Detail? > This is not a homeland security "toy", Dyna, this is a > useful piece of equipment that the MPD uses when > needed (such as when there is a large, complicated > crime scene or when it is needed to deal with a riot, > a significant protest, et cetera.) The greatest need at a significant protest is for traffic control, and the Mobile Command Unit looks pretty useless for that. > The Hennepin County > Sheriff's department has two, neither of which were > purchased as part of homeland security. And if there the ones I'm thinking of at least on was built and is staffed by volunteers. > The shades are pulled down probably for the same reasons I keep my > shades down. I really am not interested in seeing people looking in my > window at me > nor do I want some of the folks perusing my belongings and just > waiting for me to go to work > before they burglarize me. But I do answer my door > when someone rings the bell or they knock. If you > knock on the door, Dyna, you will be welcomed > in and given a tour of the vehicle. Really, it's not > a diabolical plot. It's just a tool. That's quite alright, I've already been in several mobile command vehicles. Most were build and staffed by volunteers like local amateur radio clubs, usually starting with a surplus vehicle from the local government's fleet or a donated travel trailer. For far less than the well into six figures price of a Mobile Command Unit like Minneapolis's they had functional units that were well laid out and efficent, having been designed and built by their users. > I do, however, agree with you about the loss of the > Clinton Cops and the hopes of Kerry Cops if he gets > elected. Agreed- especially since the big bucks spent on MPD's new toy is chump change compared to the millions and billions of our tax dollars the Bush administration spends on there toys... hangin' on in Hawthorne, Dyna Sluyter REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
