How militarized is your police department? Find out at this website.

[ChuckS1]

Curious what your local police department got from the military? Here's a searchable database where you can view what weapons and equipment were acquired from DOD.

Military_equip_to_states Search and Report

For example, my county sheriff got 100 5.56mm rifles, about 1 for each deputy, more or less.

 

[Cleveland48]

Wow my county got 1 7.62 mm rifle. I forgot there have been more murders in Memphis one day last week than the last 40 year's in my county.

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[marvin the martian]

So what kind of 7.62 rifles are they passing out? They are running $148 or about the same as a Russian Mosin Nagant!

 

[Cleveland48]

Don't know but I think it said it was 130 - 140 $ guess Tishomingo county is far from being militarized. Geez I didn't expect much, but one rifle? I guess we really are a poor county lol

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[sipowicz]

Our dept. lost an AR-15...so in the immortal words of the soup nazi...no more for you!

 

[JohnSW]

Interesting. Our county's take included oodles of $6,000 night vision goggles and two $65,000 armored trucks. The county hosts some high profile events, so I can't really complain.

 

[307-Niner]

Not sure why we need a $658,000 mine resistant vehicle here in Big Horn County, Wyoming. ???

 

[Bkreutz]

One of the item in my county's list struck me as interesting.

ALE29 WORK BENCH 1 EA $100,000.00

I tried looking it up on the web, anyone have any idea what a $100K workbench looks like? (maybe it's to repair $50K coffee makers?)

 

[Danny2tek]

Not sure why Miami-Dade needs BARBER SHEARS and a DENTAL DELIVERY UNIT.

 

[Bat Guano]

Not sure why we need a $658,000 mine resistant vehicle here in Big Horn County, Wyoming. ???

Do your county commissioners all look like Ronald McDonald?

 

[vonn]

From my reading any government agency can have a swat type team now days. I dislike militarized police units because of the ease of escalating a situation that shouldn't be escalated.(think Waco) . A police mindset should not be a military mindset.

 

[307-Niner]

From my reading any government agency can have a swat type team now days. I dislike militarized police units because of the ease of escalating a situation that shouldn't be escalated.(think Waco) . A police mindset should not be a military mindset.

I agree with this sentiment 200%.

 

[Dezfan]

Still trying to figure out why these po dunk departments need MRAPS and other such military hardware.

 

[Ματθιας]

Bernalillo Country NM got five pages worth of stuff!

 

[307-Niner]

Do your county commissioners all look like Ronald McDonald?

I don't really know...

 

[Bat Guano]

Laramie County, Wyoming is listed as having 229 (+ or -) M14s. They must have thought the movie "Cowboys and Aliens" was a documentary.

 

[307-Niner]

Still trying to figure out why these po dunk departments need MRAPS and other such military hardware.

Some authors & journalists call this trend "the rise of the warrior cop".

Police departments are not the same thing as the military.

 

[venomballistics]

Not sure why Miami-Dade needs BARBER SHEARS and a DENTAL DELIVERY UNIT.

Quick shave before they poop their teeth?

 

[venomballistics]

So what kind of 7.62 rifles are they passing out? They are running $148 or about the same as a Russian Mosin Nagant!

I'd think rem 700
Milwaukee county has some SAW gunners kits. No mention of the guns though.

 

[A10]

I have never wanted to start my own department so badly before! Look at all the cool toys!