Police departments are acquiring ice cream 'propaganda' trucks (Updated)
Police departments across the country are acquiring ice cream 'propaganda' trucks to change their image.
Why do I call them ice cream 'propaganda' trucks?
The definition of propaganda according to Dictionary.com and the Cambridge Dictionary says it all...
Police ice cream trucks are "official government communication to the public that are designed to influence public opinion."
One has to ask, is Homeland Security providing grants (money) to police departments so they can purchase ice cream trucks?
Updated 8/14:
Police cruisers in NH and VT used as ice cream trucks
A Valley News article reveals how police use ice cream trucks to influence young children.
"Lebanon, NH police recently outfitted a cruiser to mimic an ice cream truck, and will be handing out ice cream to children throughout the summer in what they say is an effort to promote community policing."
"Both Lebanon and Hartford, Vermont police have launched the initiatives, which afford officers the ability to interact with children in a neutral setting..."
Last year, I posted an article titled 'Police State America in Pictures' showing police departments, fire departments and ambulance MRAP's. Because, so many police departments are acquiring ice cream trucks, I thought I'd do the same thing and post pictures of them.
Police ice cream trucks:
North Carolina Police Department
South Carolina Police Department
Laredo, Texas Police Department
Sacramento, California Police Department
Pittsfield Mass Police Department
Chelsea Mass Police Department
Honorable mention: West Virginia State Police
Did you notice anything strange about the above pictures?
Except for two pictures, there are no adults getting ice cream from the police. Why is that?
Could it be that adults don't trust the police?
Remember, every one of these police departments also has numerous MRAP's. If police departments really wanted to change their image, they would get rid of MRAP's and countless military grade weapons they have acquired under the 1033 program.
Two years ago, I wrote an article describing how police actually treat suspects.
“Last week, there was a guy in a car who wouldn’t show me his hands,” the officer said. “I pulled my gun out and stuck it right in his nose, and I go, ‘Show me your hands now!’ That’s de-escalation.”
Police training regimens at nearly all of our nation’s police academies emphasize military-style exercises, including significant hours spent practicing drill, formation and saluting, said Maria R. Haberfeld, a professor of police science at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York.
Remember, police officers have been trained to fight the war on drugs and terrorism.
Does anyone really think, police ice cream trucks will change the public's opinion of them?