The Militarization of Local Police Departments Archives - Cop Block

Fake Police Department Fooled Pentagon Into Giving Them $1.2 Million Worth Of Weapons

July 25, 2017 Asa J 7639 Views 1033 Program, copblock, copblock.org, department of defense, Fake Cops, fake police department, Government Accountability Office, Government watchdog, Law Enforcement Equipment Working Group, military equipment, night vision googles, open the books, pentagon, pipe bombs, Police State, scopes, The Militarization of Local Police Departments, training rifles, Wayne McElrath, Zina Merritt

A government watchdog group that posed as fake cops and set up a fake police department were able to acquire

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Feds Transferred $2.2B Worth Of Military Equipment To Police Since 2006

May 12, 2016May 12, 2016 Asa J 1334 Views 1033 Program, Adam Andrzejewski, airplanes, Arizona, armored vehicles, bayonets, California, copblock, copblock.org, Dept. of Defense, executive order, foia request, freedom of information act request, helicopters, Law Enforcement Equipment Working Group, M14 rifles, M16 rifles, militarization, militarization of police, military gear, military surplus equipment, mine detectors, mrap, open the books, pentagon, Police State, police state daily, President Obama, Tennessee, Texas, The Militarization of Local Police Departments, Virginia, Working Group

The federal government has transferred around $2.2 billion worth of military gear to local police departments around the country since

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