Comments on: Police standoff ends with arrest

By: Silver

Silver — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:49:58 +0000

Hey, check it out! SeattleCrime.com has posted a follow up story on the above incident!

By: geo

geo — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:30:19 +0000

Hi All,

There was no disrespect for cops in my earlier post. How did that flourish from my pointless comment. I don't think the cop on the street directing traffic or even the swan team had any call in this maneuv1er. It was the liberals that done it. Get it right.

and again, i bless the bejebuses's for the "USA"
the country with the stinkiest socks and attitudes (myself included)
and a place witha lot of scanner frequencies ! which i cant figure out how to trunk.

By: Silver

Silver — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:48:50 +0000

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By: Silver

Silver — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:43:59 +0000

Yeah? And your point is?

By: silversmellslikedirtysocks

silversmellslikedirtysocks — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:40:03 +0000

Silver, you are a freak. You got stuck there on purpose. You sit next to your police scanner on weekends and wait for shi* to happen. I bet your cats are bored with you, sweet jesus woman- get a LIFE.

By: private car services

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By: GTS

GTS — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:46:37 +0000

“Chief looks like everythings a go, the suspect is in the building, the judge has signed the warrant, the team is in place”

“Dang Sargent! Look at the time Geo's on his way home right now! Let's try again next week. Stand down men!”

By: Teddie

Teddie — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:16:12 +0000

I wonder if the cop haters in Seattle feel the same way about criminals?

By: motorrad

motorrad — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:13:13 +0000

Don't get all fake USA !!! up in our face.

By: BallardDINK

BallardDINK — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:05:05 +0000

Wait; humans use single dots, not triangles. The only creature who uses a triangle laser sight is THE PREDATOR.

By: motorrad

motorrad — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:00:19 +0000

Armored Ferret-Very low to the ground and smells faintly unpleasant to the ne'er do wells.

By: SPG

SPG — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:26:05 +0000

And we name our military helicopters after the same tribes we all but wiped out…Apache, Kiowa, Blackhawk…
I want to see them name the next attack helicopter after the Kickapoo tribe. Somehow I doubt that name will be used no matter how appropriate it may be.
As far as the British naming convention does it matter if you're being shot at by a “Fuzzysquirrel” or by a “Tigerpirhannakiller” if the bullets are the same?

By: Marla

Marla — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:16:08 +0000

I saw that too, so of course I went to myballard.com to find out what was going on!

By: SPG

SPG — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:13:08 +0000

Has any criminal ever actually tried to take a shot at one of these things? Do any criminals even have anything powerful enough to do more than scratch it?
It's a psychological deterrent and a big fun toy.

By: SeaSpider

SeaSpider — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:40:31 +0000

Yeah, not exactly scary. They kept the tradition alive by replacing it with the Fox. Seriously. They also had one called the Pig. Got to love them Brits. In all fairness they also have vehicles with more ominous names such as Scimitar, Scorpion, Chieftain. Here in the US we name our vehicles after generals (Bradley, Abrams, Patton, Sherman, etc.)

By: SeaSpider

SeaSpider — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:26:10 +0000

If they can read these comments they can just as easily look it up on Google, duh. Not like I'm giving away the composition of the armor on an Abrams (which is still classified).

By: Silver

Silver — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:44:46 +0000

Maude Squad = best name ever!

I'm guessing that they were on some special tactical frequency.

By: Silver

Silver — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:42:57 +0000

Wow. The British Ferret looks like an olive drab lunar module!

By: Silver

Silver — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:40:56 +0000

“British Ferret?” Now there's a name that will strike fear in the heart of one's enemies! Sounds like their military needs better marketing people. ;-)

How about the “British Death Mobile” or “Satan's Pickup?”

Now I have to go Google “British Ferret.”

By: tiktok

tiktok — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:06:58 +0000

It's a good thing you're educating them as to how unthreatening a Peacekeeper actually is. How about a rundown of the best places to shoot at it?

By: kim

kim — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:14:58 +0000

i don't think they had your schedule in mind when they were able to locate the suspect and found an opportune time to serve him. did you call spd to let them know? if not, it's your own fault.

By: sdrake1958

sdrake1958 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:33:09 +0000

Geo, yer showing complete ignorance here. Do you want 911 on YOUR time? Imagine the outrage if one cop showed and all hell had broken loose and shooting started injuring many and having innocent people hurt? Do criminals have a schedule? Too bad Mr Monfort hadn't the same luxury BEFORE he took out a cop. Too bad there are fools out there with feelings like yours. And when YOU call 911 perhaps they'll be giving room service to the bums, again, and you'll just have to wait your turn. Poetic justice.

By: geo

geo — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:00:12 +0000

Who chose pre rush hour time to serve a warrant ! ( if that is what it is all about) Seems like poor timing to me. Nevertheless, this is the show of force many of you at MY Ballard has been pissing in their pants waiting for !! John Camble !! you should have been homeless or at least, living in a chop-shop moto-home.

I think this was totally unnecessary and overdone.

USA !!!

By: SeaSpider

SeaSpider — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:56:34 +0000

Yep, that's it. Fortunately your typical knucklehead criminal probably does think it's a tank and usually becomes motivated to surrender!

It's also not the only armored vehicle in the 'hood. There's a guy on 15th around 105th who has an old British Ferret armored scout car parked in his driveway.

By: SeaSpider

SeaSpider — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:48:31 +0000

Not a turret, just a hatch with a shield and mount for a light machine gun. The hatch is one of the reasons the Peacekeeper was such a dud – it was too small for a soldier wearing body armor and a equipment vest to easily fit through. They were also prone to overheating, rolling over when driven off-road, and lacked enough armor to stop anything bigger than a rifle. Fortunately none of these issues apply to SWAT teams working in cities!

By: Silver

Silver — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:40:18 +0000

Okay, I guess it was a Peacekeeper. It looked more impressive at night with all the flashing lights shining on it. ;-(

By: Silver

Silver — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:34:41 +0000

But…but… it had some kind of gun turret on top! Are you sure it's the same vehicle?

By: SeaSpider

SeaSpider — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:23:02 +0000

It's not a tank, far from it (I would know!) It's called a Peacekeeper and it's basically nothing more than a full size pick-up truck (I believe a Dodge Ram) with a light armor shell bolted on. They were used by military police units in the 80's and then sold off to police departments (suckers!) when the military realized what a completely horrendous piece of crap they were. The ones the military couldn't pawn off on the cops were used as targets on shooting ranges.

By: Silver

Silver — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:05:45 +0000

I think I saw you! Did you have a yellow slicker or poncho on?