Trump expected to increase Police Militarization by lifting ban on military gear

#MAGA baby!

President Trump is planning on reversing a ban on allowing local police forces to use surplus military equipment, according to a new report.

The Trump administration will now allow local police forces to take and use armored vehicles, high-caliber weapons and other kinds of heavy equipment that were once used in the military, USA Today reported Sunday.


The Obama administration initially banned the practice after police in Ferguson, Mo. were heavily criticized for using the equipment against protestors in the wake of the shooting of Michael Brown three years ago.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is set to address the Fraternal Order of Police Monday, where it’s believed he might unveil the new policy.


"Assets that would otherwise be scrapped can be re-purposed to help state, local and tribal law enforcement better protect public safety and reduce crime,” administration officials wrote in a document obtained by USA Today.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administ...uipment-report

Thank you for fixing the quote in your signature.

Originally Posted by Swordsmyth

Thank you for fixing the quote in your signature.

I changed it before I replied to your extra-large extra-bold font post.

Can't repeal Obamacare.

Can't repeal NAFTA.

Can't get tax cuts.

Can't repeal McClure/Volkmer.

But sure as $#@! can copsuck.

Originally Posted by CaptUSA

#MAGA baby!

MAG*A


* For certain definitions of great. May not contain actual greatness. Some restrictions apply.

Originally Posted by CaptUSA

#MAGA baby!

Guess folks forgot to ask, great again for whom?

These two sources say that:

1. Military equipment transfers increased under Obama after his "ban."
2. Obama's "ban" only affected the bayonet.

If You Thought Obama Was Giving Less Military Gear to Local Police Departments, You Were Wrong
Despite President Obama's much-touted 2015 executive order, an In These Times investigation reveals evidence that police departments are still receiving as much military hardware from the Pentagon as ever.
September 16, 2016

Excerpts:


But an In These Times investigation provides evidence that, in practice, the president’s much-ballyhooed reforms to the 1033 program have done little to stem the flow of battlefield gear to cops.

In fact, the total value of equipment distributed through the program actually increased in the year following the ban, according to figures provided to In These Times by Michelle McCaskill, media relations chief for the DOD's Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), which oversees the shipments.

[Ban 2015
Gear transferred, 2014-15 = 418 million
Gear transferred, 2015-16 = 494 million]

http://inthesetimes.com/features/oba...pment_ban.html

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Obama's military gear ban affects only the bayonet
by Tara Copp | May 19, 2015

Excerpts:

President Obama's new restrictions on transferring Defense Department equipment to local police, in reality, adds only one new piece of gear to the "banned" list: the bayonet.

Every other item on the "prohibited equipment list" released Monday was already a no-go for the Defense Department, a senior defense official told the Washington Examiner.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/ob...rticle/2564691

Peter Kraska, a professor at Eastern Kentucky University’s School of Social Justice Studies and one of the leading researchers of police militarization, told the Guardian that the new [ban] rules [under Obama] were nothing more than a “publicity stunt.”

http://inthesetimes.com/features/oba...pment_ban.html

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Donald Trump is a dirtbag copsucker, but I don't think this is all it appears. For example, Obama banned armored vehicles on tracks, but most of the transferred armored vehicles to kops ran on wheels. It would be interesting to see a side-by-side comparison of the actual DoD and police lists.

Obama pulled a publicity stunt and it looks like Donny boy is doing the same. Except in reverse.

Originally Posted by Raginfridus

Your PD will either hire new mechanics retired from military for the MRAPs, work something with local Nat'l Guard, or the city/county/university will contract diesel technicians familiar with them.

Other expenses for this equipment:


--costly storage
--costly fuel
--training
--premium insurance
--picking up the vehicles (they're not delivered)

Together with "Stingray" making the world a safer place.<sarc>

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-p...htmlstory.html

Several years ago, little was known about the StingRay, a powerful surveillance device that imitates the function of a cell tower and captures the signals of nearby phones, allowing law enforcement officers to sweep through hundreds of messages, conversations and call logs.

The secrecy around the technology, which can ensnare the personal data of criminals and bystanders alike, spurred lawsuits and demands for public records to uncover who was using it and the extent of its capabilities. In California, a 2015 law requires law enforcement agencies to seek permission at public meetings to buy the devices, and post rules for their use online.

But a Los Angeles Times review of records from 20 of the state’s largest police and sheriff’s departments, plus the Alameda County district attorney’s office, found some agencies have been slow to follow or have ignored the law. Several that partner with federal agencies to work on cases are not subject to the law’s reporting requirements. The result is that little information on StingRay use is available to the public, making it hard to determine how wide a net the surveillance tools cast and what kind of data they gather.

Originally Posted by Dr.3D

Guess folks forgot to ask, great again for whom?

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Dr.3D again.

It damn sure aint for me.

Originally Posted by timosman

One World Police.

Pretty much.