[Scan-DC] Maryland Launches Nation's Largest Mobile Command Center

[Doug K.]

Fifty-six feet long, and a straight truck... this thing isn't exactly going 
to be too maneuverable... will be interesting to see how it fares (that's 
right, isn't it?  Or is it "fairs"?) in that regard...


>From: "Alan Henney" <alan at henney.com>
>To: "Scan DC" <Scan-DC at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: [Scan-DC] Maryland Launches Nation's Largest Mobile Command Center
>Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 00:33:37 -0400
>
>http://www.officer.com/article/article.jsp?siteSection=&id=31576
>Maryland Launches Nation's Largest Mobile Command Center
>Posted: July 14th, 2006 01:42 PM PDT
>
>
>Shawn Huddleston/The Capital
>Maryland's Mobile Command Vehicle is the largest of its kind in the
>nation.
>VANESSA FRANKO
>Courtesy of The Annapolis Capital
>
>The new state police Mobile Incident Command Vehicle has a
>turbo-charged 600-horsepower diesel engine, a conference room and
>rooftop observation deck.
>
>It's equipped with radar, satellite and microwave communication
>systems - plus a microwave oven and a coffee maker to keep its
>operators awake.
>
>At its unveiling in Annapolis yesterday, the vehicle's many amenities
>even prompted Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. to ask, "Does it fly?"
>
>It may not have wings, but the $1.15 million, 56-foot-long unit is the
>largest single-unit command vehicle in the country.
>
>"It can literally replace a police station or a state police barrack,"
>said Col. Thomas E. Hutchins, secretary of the Department of State
>Police.

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