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PoorMonger

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2. Depends
Tue Jul 18, 2017, 04:41 PM
Jul 2017

Individual departments make choices with funding ; my Nebraska local dept has enough in funds - but they buy new cars every damn year. They had dodge chargers for last year , got something else in the spring. I wouldn't have noticed how often they change things if not for my mom - who works at a sign company that does their car wraps. She's worked at this place four years this month and done three rounds of wraps for their patrol cruisers in that same period.

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In the recent police shooting in Minneapolis [View all] question everything Jul 2017 OP
The only protection that rolled sheet steel and/or figerglas offer Warpy Jul 2017 #1
Depends PoorMonger Jul 2017 #2
Doors are just sheet metal attached to structural members that gives the door... PoliticAverse Jul 2017 #3
Just enough metal to hold the paint. ManiacJoe Jul 2017 #15
she was talking to the driver KT2000 Jul 2017 #4
The window was open, I guess... CozyMystery Jul 2017 #9
It appears the story has changed recently Lokilooney Jul 2017 #18
Yes, this is why she was shot in the abdomen question everything Jul 2017 #10
Moral: Do not, under any circumstances, dial 911. Binkie The Clown Jul 2017 #5
Or, I compare it to traffic stop. Stay in place question everything Jul 2017 #11
In general, a police car door is not bullet proof. Lurks Often Jul 2017 #6
I believe the NYPD is still just doing a trial of those options... PoliticAverse Jul 2017 #7
In the past years, several police departments got excess cars from the army question everything Jul 2017 #13
Yes, easily discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2017 #8
No, it was through the door. This is how she was shot in the abdomen question everything Jul 2017 #12
Yeah, a door frame is mostly hollow krispos42 Jul 2017 #14
Shot through the open window, but yes - harder with window down, and depends on the ammo. jmg257 Jul 2017 #16
A few patrol cars do have Kevlar epoxied inside the outer sheet metal. SQUEE Jul 2017 #17
Even .380 FMJ will penetrate a car door. pablo_marmol Jul 2017 #19
It's the difference between "cover" and "concealment." Straw Man Jul 2017 #20
Quite true discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2017 #21
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