AlJazeera reports on a new test in the US to evaluate the use of monkeys on SWAT teams:
A US police department in Arizona intends to follow through on a proposal to train a capuchin monkey for high-risk police operations.
A Special Weapons and Tactics (Swat) veteran from Phoenix, Sean Truelove, has researched the possibility of landing a $100,000 federal grant to fund a pilot programme to train one monkey.
“Everybody laughs about it until they really start thinking about it. It could change the way we do business,” he said.
Major city police departments in the US use paramilitary Swat teams for hostage situations and in situations involving heavily armed criminals.
While it sounds funny this is actually a pretty good idea. Even the ancient Egyptians used baboons to help the police.
how would thay be used in the feild? and what would be the purpose?
Cannon Fodder I presume…..