military withdraws from Iraq. It has led to a huge surplus of stock which is now distributed to U.S. rätsskipande authorities. Most startling is the vehicle MRAP, which is made to patrol mined roads in Iraq.

When they were built they cost around three million bucks a pop – now awarded 165 diesel-guzzling beasts free to the precincts.

– It is armored, it’s heavy, it’s scary – and it’s free, said Craig Apple, the police chief of Albany in New York State to AP.

question many are asking now is: What are they used for? With its 18 tons is too heavy to cross many bridges and roads. That it’s free is not entirely true. Building on the beast from military to police vehicles – which involves removing the machine gun – costing nearly half a million dollars. Additionally devour five liters of fuel per mil.

Already, the vehicles used in emergency where police may suspect that the perpetrator is heavily armed, when one of them found 50 kilograms materials for making bombs. But medborgarrätssorganisationer fear that police zeal to protect their lead to an arms race in which criminals acquire heavier and heavier weapons.

addition to the clean police cars have also been used for relief operations where regular police cars are not enough, as moving the tree that had fallen across roads.