https://www.muckrock.com/news/archi...on-finally-details-its-weapons-cops-giveaway/
This article has a way to look up police departments by name and see what excess military equipment they have picked up. I'm so disappointed -- my home county didn't grab a single MRAP, just a couple rifles.
Intersting factoid:
10 helicopters. I'd like to see where they are now.
Also note that if a federal agency within the state received excess mil stuff, it is apparently listed within the state. I didn't see any in Indiana (yet), but for Texas it also includes a bunch of Federal agencies like the INS and the Border Patrol. And the IRS in El Paso, which got a night vision sight. A night vision sight?? for the IRS??
Enjoy.
This article has a way to look up police departments by name and see what excess military equipment they have picked up. I'm so disappointed -- my home county didn't grab a single MRAP, just a couple rifles.
Intersting factoid:
Since 2006, police in Winthrop Harbor, Ill., a village of 6,700 along the shore of Lake Michigan, has received 10 helicopters, one mine-resistant armored vehicle and two Humvees, and other equipment, worth more than $6.5 million.
10 helicopters. I'd like to see where they are now.
Also note that if a federal agency within the state received excess mil stuff, it is apparently listed within the state. I didn't see any in Indiana (yet), but for Texas it also includes a bunch of Federal agencies like the INS and the Border Patrol. And the IRS in El Paso, which got a night vision sight. A night vision sight?? for the IRS??
Enjoy.