Really?

I had to pass this along, because I was shocked/bemused when I saw this on the way home the other night. So you know those mean looking Dodge Chargers that various police dept’s have been acquiring lately? You know the ones with the big brush bumpers on the front and 5 bagillion lights? Yea those…

Well apparently the high speed Carnegie Mellon P.D. has purchased at least one of these bad boys.

Really???? Is that necessary? Just in case you didn’t know, YOU ARE A CAMPUS POLICE FORCE!!!! Don’t think you’ll be doing any high speed chases down I-5 any time soon. Is that really a wise use of student paid tuition? Do these vehicles really increase student safety? Me thinks not. I would be curious to see what the university’s police department’s justification for picking up these mean looking honies. It probably had more to do with intimidating looks than student safety.

Hey, here’s a wacky idea: Save the money on the car(s) and hire more bike cops to patrol so that students aren’t getting pepper sprayed and robbed by ignorant ass thugs.

Perhaps they should make their motto: “To serve and protect, and look badass doing it”