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Mine Resistant - Ambush Protected.

Why would anything like that be needed in Davis?

That's a question council and community members have been asking for months.

Tuesday night's vote was supposed to be about the process of returning a tool linked to the controversial militarization of local police following the Michael Brown riots in Ferguson, Missouri.

But the debate about the MRAP Davis got through a government surplus program just got more emotional.

"It does not make me feel safe. It does not make me feel comfortable," said Elizabeth Davis, who spoke against her city keeping the armored vehicle.

"As the father of a child in Davis schools, what does the city recommend that the police department use in rescuing my child if God forbid someone like Daniel Marsh gets ahold of an assault rifle and decides they have a reason to storm our campuses," asked one man as he referencing a the case of a Davis teen convicted of killing an elderly couple.

He felt the MRAP could be key to saving lives among the police and the public.

More community members spoke in favor of keeping the MRAP than not at Tuesday's meeting.

Council members offered friendly amendments to pull $300,000 from the current budget to put toward the purchase of another armored truck, while still holding on to the MRAP.

That effort failed.

In the end, a vote of 3-2 officially removed the MRAP from Davis' arsenal.

Despite requests from other cities, Davis can't gift it.

The MRAP must return to the control of state administrators who oversee government surplus programs.

As part of the MRAP decision, community forums about this type of equipment will be scheduled in November.

Also police acquisitions of vehicles, aircraft or drones will have to be approved by the city council instead of just by the chief.

That's what happened with the MRAP.