LAPD bomb squad explosion

[kwb377]

I'm glad that nobody got killed, but there is something darkly funny about the LAPD blowing up their own bomb truck.

BDU Commander: "We've put in the budget for a new truck for the last eight years, and it keeps getting turned down."

BDU Sergeant: "Hold my beer..."

[Hambo]

I'm glad that nobody got killed, but there is something darkly funny about the LAPD blowing up their own bomb truck.

BDU Commander: "We've put in the budget for a new truck for the last eight years, and it keeps getting turned down."

BDU Sergeant: "Hold my beer..."

Or:

BDU Tech: "This will work, trust me."

Bomb truck shattering KABOOM.

Everybody: "HOLY FUCK!"

BDU Sgt: "Here's what just happened. We told the ATF guys not to fuck around with that..."

[Jim Watson]

I never see followup on this sort of stuff. Just what was in those devices that they thought was "unstable?"
Kind of like the Nashville Bomb, never any mention of what he used.

[awp_101]

[Lester Polfus]

I never see followup on this sort of stuff. Just what was in those devices that they thought was "unstable?"
Kind of like the Nashville Bomb, never any mention of what he used.

1) The reporter probably doesn't care about the technical detail, and is more interested in how everybody felt about it.

2) If the reporter did care, the bomb tech could explain it to the PAO. The PAO could explain it to the reporter. The reporter would hear... words.

3) Sometimes I think the cops hold these things close to the vest, lest they inspire ideas or compromise an investigation.

We used the bomb squad from a large, neighboring metro agency. There was a mutual aid agreement in place. They were having trouble recruiting, I think due to some toxic leadership issues and there was talk of turning it into a multi-agency thing, kind of like what many areas do for SWAT. I have an electronics background and one of the EDU guys was trying to recruit me, to which I responded "I am not going to work on explosives built by amateurs."

[Hambo]

Bomb tech openings at LAPD.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/19/us/fi...rnd/index.html