"Dangerous" Fond du Lac?

The militarization of the local PD.

The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Department says it has become the nation's first law enforcement agency to buy a $220,000 Oshkosh Corp. tactical vehicle that's based on a military truck used in the mountains of Afghanistan.

The truck, which has an armored body and bulletproof windows, is designed for urban settings as well as off-road use,...

So this is really, really, necessary?

Fond du Lac County Sheriff Mylan Fink said the area has seen a significant increase in the number of incidents requiring the department's tactical team - from delivering high-risk warrants to calls involving armed suspects.

In March, two City of Fond du Lac police officers were shot, one fatally, while responding to the home of a man who was firing a gun.

At the end of a six-hour standoff, the man who shot the officers was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.

"Our officers are managing high-risk situations that continue to grow in severity and numbers," Fink said in a news release.

The loss of two officers is horrible.  But a military-grade armored truck would not have prevented that loss, Sheriff.  You weren't going to drive that truck into the house, were you?

More on militarizing the LEO's here.  It's not a good trend.