Military Equipment restricted for US Police (1 Viewer)

[The Katzie Kid]

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-32786241

 

[marco55]

I certainly don't want our police to become para-military but with all the animals running loose these days they have to have some firepower.
Mark

 

[BLReed]

I certainly don't want our police to become para-military but with all the animals running loose these days they have to have some firepower.
Mark

The program has been in affect for twenty-five years. Never really went anywhere in spite of
government pressure to get rid of military surplus. Much of which is prohibitively expensive
to maintain and store. To say nothing of training time costs.

A photo opt exercise with little effect on reality. Sounds good, especially to the foreign press
evidently. You would think we were about to invade Canada. Maybe it was just a slow news
day.

The program was deemed worthless in a study that is over a year old and several state legislatures
already took action some time ago. Here is an example that legislation:
"Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, no police or fire department in any city or town may apply to the United States Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense or the Department of Justice or any other body or agency to procure or accept as gifts any aircraft, including unmanned aerial vehicles, armored vehicles, bayonets, bombs, directed-energy weapons, grenade launchers, international mobile subscriber identity catchers, launch vehicles, mines, missiles, radioactive or nuclear weapons, rockets, silencers, torpedoes, toxicological agents, including chemical agents, biological agents, and associated equipment, or ultrasonic devices used for crowd dispersal without the prior authorization of the mayor and city council, in a city, or the board of selectmen, town meeting or other governing body, in a town."