Lenco, Inc., makes the Bearcat, an armored personnel carrier that's
popping up in cities, towns, and counties across the country. Last year,
Jim Massery, a spokesman for the company, told me they now have
Bearcats in 90 of the 100 largest cities in America. They also have them
in lots of smaller,
even tiny towns like Keene, New Hampshire.
These cities and towns are buying the vehicles with anti-terror grants
from the Department of Homeland Security,
at a cost of a few hundred
thousand dollars each.