Ninja Monkies, attack!

[gridlore]

Police in Ariz. Seek Monkey for SWAT Team

MESA, Ariz. - The Mesa Police Department is looking to add some primal instinct to its SWAT team. And to do that, it's looking to a monkey.

"Everybody laughs about it until they really start thinking about it," said Mesa Officer Sean Truelove, who builds and operates tactical robots for the suburban Phoenix SWAT team. "It would change the way we do business."

Truelove is spearheading the department's request to purchase and train a capuchin monkey, considered the second smartest primate to the chimpanzee. The department is seeking about $100,000 in federal grant money to put the idea to use in Mesa SWAT operations.

The monkey, which costs $15,000, is what Truelove envisions as the ultimate SWAT reconnaissance tool.

No commentary. I just like typing "Ninja Monkey."

Comments

[aurictech.livejournal.com]

Jonah Goldberg mentioned this yesterday on NRO's The Corner (http://www.nationalreview.com/thecorner/05_04_17_corner-archive.asp#060947). His take is that it would be cool "to be the first perp to snarl 'Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!'"

I must say that I concur with Jonah's comment.