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26 Law Enforcement Technology April 2014 www.officer.com SPECIALIZED VEHICLES products and materials closely. There is no similar oversight body in the armored vehicle trade. However, the Department of Defense and state department do regulate the materials, as well as the production process, utilized in the construction of vehicles used in the military. This is the standard to which Lenco builds. "The same materi- als, standards, and procedures we use for state department vehicles and our U.S. Navy vehicles and our U.S. Air Force vehicles, we all use those for our U.S. SWAT vehicles as well," says Light. Throughout the year they'll build a handful of demo vehicles, as some cus- tomers want ready and available. But for the most part, every truck in production has been "spec-ed out" by an end-user and designed in 3D Solid Works by the engineering team, and then goes through the production process until inspected and delivered. Pulling double-duty Heavy-duty armored vehicles are Circle 36 on Reader Service Card Above: Lenco's BearCat . At right: Fond du Lac (Wis.) Police Department's Special Weapons and Tactics Team with its armed vehicle. The FDLPD received their 4-door Lenco BearCat G2 on November 9, 2013 and utilized it on December 9, 2013 to resolve an incident involving a heavily armed barricaded suspect who fired several shots at officers. Photo courtesy of Fond du Lac (Wisconsin) Police Department LET_24-28_CoverArmoredVehicles0414.indd 26 3/20/14 2:04 PM