Police Department in Small City in OK Gets Armored VehicleLily Dane Some might think thats a pretty good deal the military pays around $730,000 for each MRAP. He told News9 that the vehicle is going to be a useful tool: Its the best way to put people in harms way safely. Or get them out of harms way. If we have a subject thats in a house thats barricaded in the house, a bad guy, we can drive this to the neighbors house to get them out safely we can use it to get close to the house to start communication with them. This vehicle is able to go through four to five feet of water and our tactical teams gonna use it for high risk drug warrants. A lot of taxpayers and citizens, I think, are very uncomfortable with the idea of military equipment rolling through their cities. Does even that minimal cost justify the need for the equipment? How many times are these pieces really going to be deployed? According to USA.com, the total population of Guthrie in 2010 was 10,191. The citys crime rate is lower than the Oklahoma average crime rate and is lower than the national average crime rate. Lily Dane is a staff writer for The Daily Sheeple, where this first appeared. Her goal is to help people to Wake the Flock Up! 