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Two Years of Data On What Military Equipment the Pentagon Gave To Local Police

Posted by Soulskill on from the bazookas-for-all dept.

v3rgEz writes: Wondering how the St. Louis County Police ended up armed with surplus military gear, and what equipment other departments have? A FOIA request at MuckRock has turned up every item given to local law enforcement under the Pentagon's 1022 program, the mechanism by which local law enforcement can apply for surplus or used military gear.

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  1. Re:No by JDAustin · · Score: 5, Interesting

    When you give the police weapons of war then they will find someone to go to war with. Unfortunately, that is the general populace.

  2. Re:No by hodagacz · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Private citizens are under far more accountability and surveillance than law enforcement.