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Blue_Tires

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4. Police departments are over-budgeted and they love using thier toys

Reply to CFLDem (Original post)

Thu Feb 13, 2014, 07:12 PM

Feb 2014

although to be fair it might be similar to a case we had here locally some years ago where an informant ratting out a former colleague (who was small-time basement grower/seller) made him sound like Tony Montana...So of course the cops sent a small army to make the arrest...

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Watching cops on spike right now [View all] CFLDem Feb 2014 OP

this darkness has got to give.. otherone Feb 2014 #1

That's what makes it to the newspapers and the 6 o'clock news. lpbk2713 Feb 2014 #2

Probably the same pipi_k Feb 2014 #3

Police departments are over-budgeted and they love using thier toys Blue_Tires Feb 2014 #4

I saw the one show with a dozen cops and a SWAT team on a prostitution sting davidn3600 Feb 2014 #5

Yep CFLDem Feb 2014 #6