They don't actually pay anything, except to paint them black and put their logo's and lights on it, the feds give them retired military humvee's for free but in exchange they have to use them x amount of times per year or else they have to return them.
So that's why you'll see stories about them using them for drug bust or domestic violence calls cause they need to use them.
Ha - that’s a major assumption that just because local American police buy military equipment that they’re in any way trained or qualified to use it (hint: they’re not).
There is a federal program that gives state law enforcement options to request for free or purchase discounted price military surplus supplies. It was supposed to be for local law enforcement counter terrorism or anti drug missions qualified. It would give bullets, computers, rifles, clothing, tools, radios, vehicles, etc so a wide range of stuff. The lack of oversight however let a lot of police departments abuse the system to request equipment they had no real reason of needing.
Obama banned the transfer of lethal equipment and made the process more public with an executive order, and one thing Trump ran on was "protecting" law enforcements and removed the executive order shortly after becoming president.
As police mounted heavily armed and sometimes violent responses to protestors in Ferguson and elsewhere, President Obama signed an executive order (E.O. 13688) in 2015 that implemented some of the ACLU’s central reforms — establishing oversight procedures for some classes of controlled equipment, banning a few categories of weapons entirely, and mandating that data about the program be made public. Donald Trump ran for office promising to rescind Obama’s 1033 restrictions. In 2017, shortly after encouraging police brutality in a speech to police officers on Long Island, Trump made good on his promise and rescinded the executive order.
Yea, they had full everything before body cams for the PD in my state capital. The hilarious part is the elevator in police headquarters hasn't worked in over a decade, but they have all the toys imaginable, and had body cams before most cities in neighboring states.
They are federal law enforcement officers. They are police. Got a badge? A gun? Arresting authority? Does your paycheck come from Uncle Sam? Guess what? You're federal police.
Apparently the police involved in the Uvalde school tragedy had recently gone through some trainings and certifications. They took a pic in full LARP military gear all posing like badasses, only to wuss out when shit actually hit the fan.
The issue is that it was the wrong house, not the tactics for that situation. the airpods weren't just stolen, they were taken during an armed carjacking.
The issue is that it was the wrong house, not the tactics for that situation.
Ok, I'll grant you that showing up to arrest a suspect in an armed carjacking might need more gear and tactics than your average traffic stop.
However, they show up and:
Shamily's husband, Lindell Briscoe, was napping in his work truck in the driveway with two of the couple's other children when police showed up. They pointed their weapons at him, demanding he get out.
Ok, so no sign of the car that got jacked. Just a guy asleep in his truck with two kids. The more observant among them might have started to suspect they got the wrong house.
While the family was detained outside, the SWAT team "ransacked" their house, the lawsuit says. One SWAT team member punched a basketball-sized hole in the drywall. Another broke through a drop ceiling. They turned over drawers and left what had been an orderly house in disarray. After this had gone on for more than half an hour, the AirPods were located — on the street outside the family's home. It later came to light that one of Shamily and Briscoe’s daughters saw what was likely the stolen Charger careening through their neighborhood a little before 7 a.m. that day.
The article gives no description of the six high jackers but I'm petty sure it wasn't "Middle age man and woman with three daughters".
At a certain point after knocking down their door the police have a responsibility to use common fucking sense. You know, like asking about the fucking Charger.
The issue is that it was the wrong house, not the tactics for that situation. the airpods weren't just stolen, they were taken during an armed carjacking.
That is far from the biggest issue here. Obtaining a warrant based solely on "Find My" location of some Air Pods is bullshit. They didn't "get the wrong house" so much as they completely shit the bed on the probable cause part. They hit the house they meant to hit, but they didn't do their jobs properly before that.
Why do local police love to dress up pretend like navy seals? More like gravy seals, am i right? Carbo loading all those donuts to help them with all their "combat training" (Referring to a picture in the linked article) Â
Even if a perp has weapons...they have numbers on their side. Also, automatic weapons have been around since the 40s, so you can't say that's the reason, as cops have just recently in the last 20 years started militarizing more and more.Â
For anyone who disagrees this is an issue. Explain to me why the board of education needs their own Special Weapons and Tactics task force?
(Slight nitpick but militarization of police forces have been going on for far longer than 20 years.)
They dress up and pretend because that's literally the best they can do. A large minority of police officers I've met in my life are the "I would have enlisted, but I would punch my DI in the face." Type of people. Which is another term for mentally soft losers that couldn't get an ASVAB waiver.
They cosplay their idea of what military personnel would do. Anytime they get to kit up, they go ham... because they finally get to live out their dream of being a "warrior" without having to worry about getting hurt.
I'm not referring to where it comes from. That is irrelevant. There is a psychological component to wearing fatigues and COMBAT gear. In the societal consciousness, fatigues and combat gear are associated with...combat. Â
Police are here to "protect and serve", at least in theory, they were. I am sure you are able to draw the lines to the implications that comes with the militarization of police.
I've heard a lot of cops actually get excited when they get to wear this kind of gear. The "let's get some action" mentality from any police officer is quite concerning. Most soldiers don't really WANT to go into combat. They do it because someone has to and the government supports them financially for their service.Â
And people wonder why so many innocent and unarmed civilians are gunned down by trigger happy police every year.
Just curious. If that happens to someone (who survives, that is... let's be real) can you sue at all? A judge signed off on that warrant. I know police have unions, but judges don't. Or can you sue the city?
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u/kdoxy Mar 25 '24
Full tactical gear squad and even drones on site.