who served in Iraq with the Marines, said municipalities should have to justify to residents why police agencies need surplus military gear ... it’s like shooting wooden blocks at people ...

HOLLAND – Public safety officers in Holland may soon have an armored military ... to police agencies through the federal Law Enforcement Support Office’s 10-33 military surplus program.

The Obama administration limited the military surplus ... police work. "These are the types of helmets and gear that stopped a bullet and saved the life of an officer during the Orlando night club ...

Photo: AP. A federal program that has drawn criticism in recent weeks for supplying surplus military gear to local police has also provided high-powered rifles, armored vehicles and other ...

A U.S. Department of Defense program that has been criticized for “militarizing” local police ... about the military equipment provided through the agency’s 1033 surplus equipment program ...

The police union had lobbied for the restoration of the program, and Trump said he would do so during his campaign. The restrictions on distributing military surplus to police “went too far ...

And even school districts can be eligible for this military surplus? Karim: They can be, yes. You just have to be a law enforcement agency. And basically, that means that school police officers ...

Updated August 15, 2014, 12:47 PM I endorse the use of surplus military equipment by police departments throughout the country – for both law enforcement and fiscal reasons. In 1993, I oversaw ...

"It has never been the contention of the FOP that surplus military equipment prevents crime, but rather that such equipment plays a critical role in protecting police officers and citizens in life ...

A Marshfield police vehicle involved in a fatal collision with an SUV on Monday was a surplus military equipment that the department acquired from the federal government in 2020, Police Chief ...