Greensboro Bomb Squad Trucks – Then & Now

Let’s look at some law enforcement special units. Greensboro Police Department and their bomb squad trucks, past ‘n’ present. Reader/contributor David Raynor shares the vintage pictures.

Top picture at the city garage in 1987, with containment equipment mounted on an ex-military 6×6. Bottom picture at the training center in 1991, with containment equipment mounted on a Ford dump truck chassis.

Below those are shots of GPD’s present hazardous devices unit by Yours Truly. Ford F-550 prime mover and a specialty trailer built by ? Photographed in June 2016, at the Guilford County Public Safety Day. See more pictures. Or see Mike’s Flickr album of special police vehicles.

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David Raynor photos

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Mike Legeros photos

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