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(Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group) In a move intended to show it’s focused on police reform, the Antioch City Council this week declared the city won’t accept surplus military equipment for its ...
Equipment also goes to public auction through a contracted company. The program has been in place in some form or another since World War II, DeLong added. Because of the surplus in military ...
The new order removes restrictions that prevented local law enforcement from getting certain types of surplus military equipment. Questions about the military surplus program increased after ...
If ordered to get rid of theirs because of a new White House directive about surplus military equipment, the leaders of the two departments say they would comply, and then go out and get new ...
The White House’s decision to ban some gear and put tight controls on other surplus military equipment grew out of recommendations by a panel that studied the distribution of military-style ...
JUST OVER 390 PEOPLE LIVE HERE YEAR-ROUND. BUT THE ACQUISITION OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF MILITARY SURPLUS EQUIPMENT HAS CREATED A TURBULENT WAVE OF CONTROVERSY IN THE SMALL TOWN, WITH SOME ...
A Freedom of Information Act request by Hearst Connecticut Media Group revealed that more than half of the 35 police departments in the region have received free surplus military equipment from ...
McCaskill questioned a federal program that transfers surplus military equipment to police departments. It’s a program defended by Jim Buerrman, President of the Police Foundation.
An application for surplus military equipment, election notices and public health updates are expected to dominate the discussions during Tuesday’s regular meeting of the Denton County ...
In a move intended to show it’s focused on police reform, the Antioch City Council this week declared the city won’t accept surplus military equipment for its police department. But the ...
A Freedom of Information Act request by Hearst Connecticut Media revealed that more than half of the 35 police departments in the region have received free surplus military equipment from the ...