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On Wednesday, the Minneapolis Fire Department set up the tent – which was obtained from the Department of Defense through a program coordinated by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. And ...

Police departments throughout Ohio are stockpiling millions of dollars worth of military gear — from army boots to mini-tanks — through a Defense Department program that provides law enforcement ...

Nationally, police acquired nearly $500 million in military surplus items through the program in fiscal 2011, more than double the fiscal 2010 amount of $212 million, and are on track to match that ...

A federal program that makes surplus military equipment available to law enforcement agencies isn't just about weapons and armored vehicles. In the last decade, Wisconsin law enforcement agencies have ...

Old, dusty, olive-drab military vehicles sit outside Rugged Earth Sports near the Circle on Mobile Highway. In a lot next to the store, there are large, faded command-sized tents large enough to fit a ...

Louis Anemone was chief of department of the New York Police Department from 1995 to 1999 and is the principal of Anemone Consulting. Updated August 15, 2014, 12:47 PM I endorse the use of surplus ...

FLORENCE, S.C. – The large armored truck parked outside the Florence County Sheriff’s Office in South Carolina offers deputies more protection than they’re likely to ever need. “But if it exceeds our ...

Since 1990, the Defense Department has funneled more than $7.4 billion in excess military gear to nearly 8,000 federal and state law enforcement agencies across the United States By Jared Keller ...

With his lone rifle rack, America’s sheriff, Andy Griffith, once stood as our iconic image of local law enforcement. Now, even in rural towns, your local police department's armory may look more like ...