Michigan cops fume over loss of U.S. military vehicles
From article:
Michigan law enforcement agencies are returning donated surplus military equipment to the federal government this month — including tracked armored vehicles that metro Detroit sheriff's offices have had for more than a decade— under orders of the White House, and they are not happy about it.
"It really upsets me. We have a great asset. We have not abused it, and in just a blanket order we can no longer have it,” Macomb County Sheriff Anthony Wickersham said of the tracked armored vehicle his office has had for its SWAT team since 2004.
"Look what’s happening around the country — mass shootings, barricaded gunman. An armored vehicle gives law enforcement the upper hand.”........
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/18/obama-military-equipment-police_n_7304504.html
http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2015/12/02/federal-military-surplus-return/76605640/
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