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Vehicle Ops
Pentagon Halts Military Surplus Equipment To Police
The Defense Department has halted the flow of military surplus equipment to law enforcement agencies, and demanded an accounting of equipment already distributed through its 1033 program.
June 7, 2012
Vehicle Ops
Military Surplus Gear: Abuse It and Lose It
Last month the Defense Department cut off a very valuable resource for many of the nation's 17,000 law enforcement agencies. The Pentagon's 1033 program provides cash-strapped police and sheriff's departments with free military surplus.
July 9, 2012
Vehicles
Military Surplus Vehicles Aid the Fight
Law enforcement agencies with these special missions can apply and acquire vehicles deemed military surplus for next to nothing. The vehicles usually require work to make them duty ready. Yet, the Department of Defense's 1033 program, as it is known, offers agencies access to military-grade equipment.
April 6, 2011
Vehicle Ops
Military Surplus Vehicles from Iraq War Coming to American Agencies
The hulking vehicles, built for about $500,000 each at the height of the war, are among the biggest pieces of equipment that the Defense Department is giving to law enforcement agencies under a national military surplus program.
November 24, 2013
Special Units
Let Police Keep Military Surplus, Say Michigan Officials
Six Republican members of Michigan's congressional delegation wrote President Barack Obama on Monday asking him to reconsider a decision made earlier this year to have law enforcement agencies return surplus military equipment out of concern it could undermine confidence in police.
December 8, 2015
Patrol
Trump to Restore Program Sending Surplus Military Weapons, Equipment to Police
President Donald Trump plans to resume the transfer of surplus weapons, vehicles and other equipment from the nation's military to its state and local law enforcement agencies, reviving a program that was sharply curtailed by President Barack Obama two years ago.
August 28, 2017
Vehicle Ops
Military Surplus Vehicles for LE
The federal government's 1033 program allows law enforcement agencies to acquire special vehicles such as an amphibious LAV, Humvee, MRAP, patrol boat, helicopter or even a landing craft for specialized missions. The agencies acquire the vehicles via the federal Law Enforcement Support Office (LESO). Photos are courtesy of LESO.
April 6, 2011
Patrol
Police Associations Fight to Keep Military Surplus Gear
Police associations are beginning a major lobbying push to protect their access to the military equipment that was used against demonstrators in Ferguson, Mo.
August 28, 2014
Special Units
Senate Rejects Strict Restrictions on Program that Transfers Surplus Military Equipment to Police
Sen. Inhofe said the rejected amendment sponsored by Schatz would have gone too far and would have made the Pentagon program “virtually impossible to use.”
July 22, 2020
Patrol
Idaho Police Department Returns Surplus Military Equipment to Feds
The Boise Police Department is now returning to the federal government equipment obtained through the 1033 program, including night-vision goggles and armored vehicles.
October 13, 2020
Patrol
Obama Restricts Law Enforcement Access to Some Military Surplus Gear
To be eligible to purchase controlled equipment, agencies must adopt "robust and specific written policies and protocols" covering not just the use of the federal equipment, but their policing practices in general.
May 18, 2015
Patrol
Feds Order Ariz. Sheriff To Retrieve Military Items
A Pentagon agency that oversees surplus military goods has ordered the Pinal County Sheriff's Office to retrieve hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of merchandise it had requisitioned and then "loaned" to non-police organizations in violation of the program's rules.
September 14, 2012
Weapons
Feds Want to Review Military Equipment for Police
Politicians in Washington want a review of the government's military surplus grants for local police.
August 24, 2014
Weapons
Poll: Utah Citizens Favor Military Equipment for Police
A poll conducted recently in Utah shows that the residents of that state support police departments getting surplus military equipment.
September 8, 2014
Vehicle Ops
Amid Militarization Furor, California Department Jettisons MRAP
Amid a national furor over police militarization, the San Jose (Calif.) Police Department has decided to get rid of a 15-ton armored vehicle it received earlier this year from a federal military surplus program.
August 29, 2014
Gangs
The Gang Arms Race
Thousands of surplus military fragmentation grenades and rocket propelled grenades (RPGs) were left over from the Central American civil wars. Corrupt military suppliers, communist governments, and weapons dealers are other sources for arms traffickers offering grenades and RPGs on the black market.
August 27, 2009
Editor's Notes
IACP 2018: Watching Trump's Speech to Law Enforcement
Trump slammed the Obama administration for restricting law enforcement's acquisition of military surplus equipment based on concerns of militarization. He called that "a very strange reason" for keeping life-saving equipment away from officers. "People are shooting at you and some people are worried about how you look,"
October 10, 2018
Vehicle Ops
Illinois Police Deploy Snowmobiles After Blizzard Hits
Two snowmobiles owned by the Round Lake Park (Ill.) Police Department were put into service Wednesday afternoon to assist with some 40 vehicles that had slid off roadways.
February 3, 2011
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