UC-Berkeley Uses Federal Grant to Buy $200,000 Armed Personnel Carrier

UC-Berkeley Uses Federal Grant to Buy $200,000 Armed Personnel Carrier

In yet another example of a bureaucratic waste of taxpayer dollars, the Department of Homeland Security decided to reward the University of California Berkeley Police Department (UCPD) with a $200,000 grant that was used to purchase an “Armored Response Counter Attack Truck.” CampusReform.org has the details on this expensive new purchase:

The eight-ton vehicle, commonly referred to as a "Bearcat," is used by U.S. troops on the battlefield and is often equipped with a rotating roof hatch, powered turrets, gun ports, a battering ram, and a weapon system used to remotely engage a target...