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I feel like these should be used as a sort of honey pot. If your police department buys one of these, fire everyone and start over from scratch.
I think these are handed down for cheap/free by the military. Not that a police department needs these types of vehicles.
Precisely this. If the military donates it, they can get budget to get a new one.
DoD hardware for police usually comes with contracts that state they have to be maintained in working order, because the DoD can just take them back if there's a military need.
Effectively, it's the PD paying to warehouse and maintain DoD equipment for them, as long as the DoD doesn't mind the stuff getting used once in a while.
The military will never want these back. In fact most of the stuff they give police is extremely obsolete from a military perspective.
Honestly this seems kinda sensible.
It's a cover. The military is never asking for this equipment back unless they're conscripting the cops to the front line in the Rockies because of the surprise North Korean invasion.