The Antelope Valley Times

Your community. Your issues. Your news.

  • Home
  • Latest News
  • Local
    • Palmdale
    • Lancaster
    • Los Angeles County
    • Littlerock
    • Lake Los Angeles
    • Rosamond
    • Edwards AFB
    • Acton
  • Crime
  • Politics
  • Education
  • Health
  • Business
  • Opinion
    • Advertise
    • About
    • Contact Us
    • Facebook
    • Twitter
    Show Search

Supervisors approve request for $400,000 armored Vehicle for LASD

by City News Service • October 15, 2019

[File]
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department was given approval Tuesday to buy a $400,000 quick-response armored SUV with built-in firefighting equipment.

In a written request to the Board of Supervisors, Sheriff Alex Villanueva said there was a worldwide trend of fire being used a weapon or diversionary tactic. The sheriff cited a June stand-off in San Gabriel, where a man barricaded himself inside a relative’s home, then torched the house, fired shots at law enforcement and set off fireworks before being shot to death by deputies.

The sheriff said Jose Salvador Meza, 35, used the fire to keep deputies and SWAT team members away and to hide his movements as he fired shots at them.

“Procurement of an armored vehicle which has the ability to deploy water or fire-retardant chemicals from a best possible position of safety from gunfire would have a tremendous impact on the safety of our personnel while also enhancing the safety of the public,” Villanueva wrote to the board.

The SUV must be armored against an improved explosive device, according to the specifications for the bid.

Villanueva depends on county administrators to solicit and acquire equipment, and purchases in excess of $250,000 require the board’s approval, even though the money for the armored vehicle will come from federal grant funds.

The board’s unanimous approval was one sign that it continues to provide the Sheriff’s Department what it needs to operate, even following a hiring freeze on non-critical personnel and the shifting of funds out of the department’s direct control in response to an unaddressed budget deficit.

–

Filed Under: Home, Los Angeles County, Politics

3 comments for "Supervisors approve request for $400,000 armored Vehicle for LASD"

  1. Mark says

    October 16, 2019 at 5:01 am

    Wow!!, I”m sure the LACSD’S Bandito Gang will love these new additions!

  2. AMP says

    October 15, 2019 at 10:18 pm

    Next time there is an LACSD hoax shooting, they can use this vehicle.

  3. LADN says

    October 15, 2019 at 9:27 pm

    Ya, i see that hose bieng turned on people rather than fires… this thing is too excessive AND nobody is using fire as a diversionary tactic. One instance and this? Mental af. How about fixing my city street, removing the mayor, getting all the hard drugs out…. what a joke

Recent Comments

  • Van Dammit on Op-ed: Protect nurses and the community now: “Thank you for saying what many of us think but cannot say in public because we fear for our jobs…” Jan 24, 15:52
  • tsparky on LA County surpasses 15K deaths; 5K since Christmas: “269 deaths with only 16 under the age of 50. Yet we are still prioritizing a 25 year old dental…” Jan 24, 12:30
  • Nick Montoya on Pedestrian struck, killed by car in Lancaster ID’d: “Right? How ignorant and just plain heartless these people are. I pray that none of your kids die at the…” Jan 24, 11:57
  • Mike on Op-ed: Kevin McCarthy and Mike Garcia must resign: “Two cops shot in los angles in the head, because the dems incited violence on the cops. Shut your mouth…” Jan 24, 10:44
  • Mike on Palmdale seeking input from residents for Melville J. Courson Park: “To many drug dealer’s!!!! Anything done at that park will only make people of all color flock to the park…” Jan 24, 09:37

© 2021 · The Antelope Valley Times. All rights reserved. Terms of Use