Okay, this probably literally means nothing, but I wanted to pass something I saw today along to my favorite community and contribute any amount of hopium I can.
This happened in a suburb 45 minutes outside of Chicago. I work right next to our town's police station. Several of my co-workers and I noticed that there was a big military Humvee parked behind the police station today (we can see from our office windows above). There were a couple guys in military uniforms with big black rifles standing outside and talking.
Eventually they left, but then a couple Humvees came back later in the day. Troops got out of the military vehicles and they all got into several black SUV's (3 or 4) before all driving off together.
I seriously have no clue what this means or if there even is anything remotely interesting or out of the normal about this, but I've never seen it before and neither have my co-workers.
Also, our building's connection to the Comcast network went down for an hour and a half this afternoon. Let me tell you, my hopes were shooting up pretty high when this happened after seeing the military right outside lol
So, I just wanted to share this with you all! Take it for whatever it's worth to you!
Edit: One of the Humvees rolled through the parking lot while I was outside eating lunch. Terrible quality, I know, but take what you get lol
Yes. Some wear black, some wear olive drab, and some wear woodland or desert camo, digital camo, etc. All depends on the police agency's preference and where they're operating.
I live in Ctrl Fl, and know SWAT guys/gals in multiple jurisdictions, people I served with in the Navy that went on to continue serving in a police agency, and they all have different tac hear and uni's.
Edit: when I was NAVY EOD, Awe wroked closely with the municipal and county police units in our area. I did some time stationed at MCAS Beaufort with a Marine EOD unit, and we soley did ALL the demo work for Beaufort City Police and Beaufort County Sheriff's. They didn't even have an EOD team.
And when I was stationed in San Diego, we trained different agencies with the knowledge we gained in Iraq and Afghanistan on the various IED's being used and the methods those terror orgs were using on us.
And each one seems to have their own preference of uniforms, even among members of the various units.
Thank you for the information! To back you up, one of my co-workers did just tell me a few minutes ago that he thinks there was some sort of SWAT meeting happening at the police station, so it sounds like you're right.
I appreciate you taking the time to share your knowledge!