Comments on: City Commission Approves Acceptance of the Rook, Other TPD Equipment Donations

By: TONY

TONY — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 20:57:40 +0000

Tango 247…..The Rook is the answer to scenarios where an armored car cannot reach? Have actually looked at this. The way it is built it is just as wide as the smaller Armored Vehicle TPD has. The size of the Port-A-Jon box are angled outward at what looks to be close to a 45 degree angle making it really wide. It looks like it has no back but yet it looks like it has a front door. The upper front Glass piece looks like it has two round vents for speaking through like at Banks and Bobcats are not for steep hills (ditches), they will flip easy and then you add all that weight to the front of it, it wont go too fast. Who ever is in the Box and driving are sitting ducks, slow moving Targets. This is a Bad Design and a very BAD idea. They would be better off Armor Plating a Rail Buggy, they are small, tight and agile and can go into many places carrying 2 to 4 Police Officers depending on the model built on.

By: Tango247

Tango247 — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 18:55:50 +0000

The Rook is the answer to scenarios where an armored car cannot reach. Courtyards of apartment complexes (which are common in TLH) is a common example. Even a house with a steep ditch or trees near it presents problems for full size amored vehicles.

It is used in a slow methodical survey or clearing of a location the cannot be safely approached on foot. There are no flame throwers or machine guns. The driver does not even have a port to shoot from.
“Militarization” has been a Berkley professor talking point for almost 30-years spouted by people who have no clue what a officer’s gearset is cable of doing or not doing. Remember Ruby Ridge? A couple of guys with Walmart grade hunting rifles kept the FBI at bay for 11 days. If you want that in Tallahassee, deny portable rifle protection to the officers.
Matlow is a total sissy. If they called it a mobile COVID bubble he will be all in for it.

By: William_Wallace

William_Wallace — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 15:23:55 +0000

“It very much looks like a tank or something that would be utilized by the military,” Matlow said. What? No metal tracks, no rotating turret and no guns or weapons. Com. Matlow a Rook is not a tank or military vehicle. Some jacked up trucks looked more impressive than this porta-potty attached to a Bobcat.

By: TONY

TONY — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 12:43:50 +0000

“Rook vehicle ($331,700) from the Regional Domestic Homeland Security Task Force.” ……

Waste of Money. It looks like a Bullet Proof Port-A-Jon mounted on a Bobcat. It’s Slow and very limited on where it can go PLUS, you have to tow it to where you plan to use it. What you need is a small Armored Vehicle that can be driven to where it is needed and that has foldable Wings mounted on the Front Sides that can be unfolded, to help clear Roads of Protesters.

By: Edward Lyle

Edward Lyle — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 01:41:22 +0000

“It very much looks like a tank or something that would be utilized by the military,”

What is this cat, like, 12 years old? Grow up and grow a set, sport. Sure… throw open the borders to God knows how many criminals and the diseases they may be carrying, and wall-up and protect the politicians… but to hell with the tax paying citizens and their communities who will pay for it all.

Arm all LEOs to the hilt I say… with Dementia Joe Biden and the NaziCrats at the helm, we’re in for some troubling times my friends. Stay safe, stay vigilant, and watch your six.

By: Lisa Dinaldo

Lisa Dinaldo — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 00:45:24 +0000

He’s more concerned about the perception progressives have of him.

By: Dennis Barton

Dennis Barton — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 22:35:22 +0000

Did he really say he was more concerned about how the public perception of the police than the safety of the police? Sounds like it to me.