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MILITARY TRUCKS * USA: MRAP trucks to sheriffs?
* Virginia - Should Local Police get the Military's Extra Armored Trucks?
Page County,VA,USA -npr.org, by DAVID WELNA -September 02, 2014: -- Mine-resistant, ambush-protected troop carriers, known as MRAPs, were built to withstand bomb blasts. They can weigh nearly 20 tons, and many U.S. troops who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan are alive today because of them. But many of the vehicles are now considered military surplus, so thanks to a congressionally mandated Pentagon program, they're finding their way to hundreds of police and sheriff's departments... The Pentagon gave John Thomas, sheriff of Page County, Va., a gigantic MRAP, and with all the guns out there in the hands of dangerous people his department sometimes has to deal with, Thomas says it's well worth having the added protection of a bulletproof MRAP... A tag on the front of the 39,000-pound MRAP says the vehicle is worth $733,000 — but all Page County had to pay was the cost of shipping it from a refurbishing plant in Texas... Several law enforcement agencies that have received MRAPs are going further, though: They're sending theirs back to the Pentagon...
* Wisconsin - Law enforcement agencies add 32 Armored Trucks over 4-year period
Madison,WIS,USA -Wiscosin Public Radio, by Mike Simonson -September 3, 2014: -- In the past four years alone, local law enforcement agencies in Wisconsin have acquired 32 armored vehicles from the U.S. Defense Department... Seventeen sheriff departments and 10 police departments have obtained 24 dump truck-sized Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles that saw action in Iraq and Afghanistan. A Wisconsin Public Radio open records request with Wisconsin Emergency Management also came across 8 other armored trucks and vehicles acquired from the Department of Defense surplus equipment program... Wisconsin American Civil Liberties Union director Chris Ahmuty said he understands that armor is sometimes needed in an active shooting situation to protect an officer or the public, but he’s wary of the proliferation of military equipment... Ahmuty said awareness of what the ACLU calls the “militarization of American policing” in one of its reports has gained traction because of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by a police officer in Ferguson, Mo...
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