DTSinIdaho (RE: DanG doesn't do BearCat): It is the cops new hammer. We all know how everything looks like a nail after getting a NEW shiney hammer. I am pretty sure that the gunports on the side are evidence this is an armed military vehicle. It should be in the hands of the the Idaho National Guard and NOT the KCSO. It is just not needed, at any price. It is called escalation. You have put a weapons platform for crowd control way too far up in the chain of action against foes, domestic or foreign. This is a mistake. This will end up killing someone through gun holes in a bulletproof minitank. This is not good people. What are the protocols for using it. Who can authorize its use? As sung by Pink Floyd. All in all it's just another brick in the wall (of separation.)

Question: Should the public know the protocol for using BearCat?