Stopped in motor home for going too slow on I-80
This just goes to show how things can escalate to a huge problem when you are just driving along minding your own business. Kinda hard to believe this goes on. Motor home stopped for going too slow
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"boondockdad"....I probably shouldn't have stated "get your information straight", but wanted you to see what the money is used for. In the unit I was assigned, we had two old bomb robots. Since I was mechanically inclined, I did a lot of the repairs. They were typically broken about every third use (35 calls a month) caused by misuse (23 people in the unit) and the age of the robots. When they broke, I used my own funds to fix them and then waited months for the County to reimburse me, if they did. I would also get chastised for using my own funds, but the County had no way of providing money for 1-2 day repairs or overnight shipping.
We used Forfeiture Money for buying robots that the County had no intention of buying for us due to budget restrictions. Keep in mind this was the largest Sheriff's Department in the U.S. and one of the largest full time bomb squads in the Country.
Once our new robots were in place, I located smaller squads around the State and gave the others away, so they would at least have a robot. So the funds were used wisely and sparingly. No money from heaven, just money to make the job safer.
We used Forfeiture Money for buying robots that the County had no intention of buying for us due to budget restrictions. Keep in mind this was the largest Sheriff's Department in the U.S. and one of the largest full time bomb squads in the Country.
Once our new robots were in place, I located smaller squads around the State and gave the others away, so they would at least have a robot. So the funds were used wisely and sparingly. No money from heaven, just money to make the job safer.
