According to an Albany City Council member, the Albany Police Department has decided to back out of an agreement with Berkeley Police Department and UCPD to purchase an armored vehicle through a federal grant.

The $170,000 federal grant to purchase a Lenco BearCat will come from the Urban Areas Security Initiative, a Department of Homeland Security nonprofit organization that is intended to financially support agencies that are at high risk of a terrorist attack with “security enhancements.”...

Pics from Monday of GESTAPO driving what appeared to be a shiny new bearcat from the capitol city to their respective Ct hamlet... There was a lead unmarked cop SUV that I frequently see harassing the truckers back and fourth from Norwich to Hartford(me thinks he is a statey.