Two weird for words:

An American police force is planning to sign up a monkey to reinforce its elite special operations team.

Members of the special weapons and tactics (SWAT) unit in Mesa, Arizona, believe that a capuchin monkey, dressed in a bullet-proof jacket and equipped with a two-way radio and video camera, could prove an invaluable reconnaissance tool.

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Mr Truelove is prepared for potential opposition from animal rights groups and insists that the capuchin would not be sent into action if “the threat level is too high”. Gloves for its hands and feet would protect it from broken glass.

This entry was posted on Friday, March 2nd, 2007 at 9:30 am by Radley Balko and is filed under Police Militarization. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.