Tag Archives: Lenco

Hacked Construction Sign Displays Community Ire at Armored Vehicle

A construction sign on the corner of Grimes Lane and South Woodlawn Avenue in Bloomington was hacked this morning. Instead of displaying construction and traffic pattern information, the hacked sign read “BURN THE BEARCAT,” in reference to the city’s acquisition over the weekend of an armored vehicle for its police department. The Lenco Bearcat armored vehicle has continued to be …

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Daily Local News – April 10, 2018

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 29:38 — 20.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBlack Lives Matter protesters signal they may disrupt tomorrow’s bicentennial ceremony for the city of Bloomington; The U.S. Surgeon General, Jerome Adams, is urging the widespread adoption of the opioid-reversal drug Naloxone by private citizens; Monroe County will hold its Second Annual Opioid Summit this Fall, on …

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Armored Car Debate Continues at Public Meeting

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 8:33 — 6.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreBloomington Police Chief Mike Diekhoff continues to defend his controversial purchase of a Lenco BearCat armored vehicle. Diekhoff spoke at length at the Tuesday afternoon meeting of the Bloomington Board of Public Safety. The Bloomington Police Department once owned and armored vehicle, which was replaced with a …

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