Police In Small Nova Scotia Town Receive Tank From DND

by Terry Wilson
Canadian Awareness Network
March 27, 2013

With a population of 9,562 (2011 census) the town of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia is truly a picturesque eastern Canadian township. A quaint looking town, with a beautiful river running through the middle of it, surrounded by beautiful countrysides, and a long and rich history. Definitely not a place that one would look at and say “WOW” the crime rates must be crazy there!

Apparently the New Glasgow police and the department of national defense do not see it that way.

New Glasgow police force gets armoured vehicle
thechronicleherald.ca

“the New Glasgow Police Service is the province’s first force to get its hands on an armoured military vehicle.

Defence Minister Peter MacKay, the Central Nova MP, dropped off the Cougar Light Armoured Vehicle, stripped of its weaponry, on the weekend.

“It may never be used, but if it’s needed, we will have the capability,” said Const. Ken Macdonald, spokesman for the police service, on Monday.

“It will be employed with our emergency response team. Its main purpose will be as a defensive tool, in case we need to go into a hostile situation to rescue fellow officers or victims.”

According to the Canadian American Strategic Review, Canada took delivery of its first Cougar in 1977. The six-wheeled vehicles, boasting a turret capable of firing high-explosive shells, saw service on Canadian peacekeeping missions to Somalia and the Balkans. The vehicles are no longer in active service with the military.”
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Here is a photo of the vehicle the New Glasgow police received.

In comparison here is the tank in military service.

What business does a police force have using a military tank? Especially when it is such a small town? They don’t! When I see stories like this one, it just makes me wonder how far down the (police state) rabbit hole this country is going to fall. Before people start to actually realize what is happening around them.