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According to the Detroit Free Press, law enforcement agencies across the state of Michigan have received an estimate of forty-three million dollars worth of equipment since 2006, including seventeen armored personnel carriers, nearly 1,800 M16 rifles and nine grenade launchers (used to launch tear gas). It is safe to say that Michigan has taken full advantage of program 1033 and officers should be familiar with the research.
The following questions were asked to police officers within the Clinton Township, Warren, and Detroit Police Departments as well as the Macomb County Sheriff’s Office.
• What is your opinion on the 1033 program—which allows the Department of Defense to donate their unwanted military equipment to local, state and federal police agencies?
• What is your opinion on H.R. bill 1232—which is aimed at removing program 1033 making it so the Department of Defense can no longer donated their unwanted military equipment to local, state and federal police agencies?
• Can you provide examples when you and/or your department used military-grade equipment—aside from training exercises? Perhaps to successfully apprehend an individual, control crowds and/or use lethal …show more content…
In fact most officers were very concerned about the department’s lack of functioning equipment and thought that the government’s 1033 program was not helping enough. They point out that Detroit has some of the most outdated equipment in the state and has some of the highest crime rates in the country. One officer strongly believed that if his department was stripped of the diminutive functioning equipment they owned, the city could certainly become more
According to the Detroit Free Press, law enforcement agencies across the state of Michigan have received an estimate of forty-three million dollars worth of equipment since 2006, including seventeen armored personnel carriers, nearly 1,800 M16 rifles and nine grenade launchers (used to launch tear gas). It is safe to say that Michigan has taken full advantage of program 1033 and officers should be familiar with the research.
The following questions were asked to police officers within the Clinton Township, Warren, and Detroit Police Departments as well as the Macomb County Sheriff’s Office.
• What is your opinion on the 1033 program—which allows the Department of Defense to donate their unwanted military equipment to local, state and federal police agencies?
• What is your opinion on H.R. bill 1232—which is aimed at removing program 1033 making it so the Department of Defense can no longer donated their unwanted military equipment to local, state and federal police agencies?
• Can you provide examples when you and/or your department used military-grade equipment—aside from training exercises? Perhaps to successfully apprehend an individual, control crowds and/or use lethal …show more content…
In fact most officers were very concerned about the department’s lack of functioning equipment and thought that the government’s 1033 program was not helping enough. They point out that Detroit has some of the most outdated equipment in the state and has some of the highest crime rates in the country. One officer strongly believed that if his department was stripped of the diminutive functioning equipment they owned, the city could certainly become more