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borkbork · 3208 days ago · link · · parent · post: New SWAT Documents Give Snapshot of Militarization of U.S. Police
That sounds about right. I was under the impression that military hardware was given to non-SWAT units as well, but I seem to have been mistaken. NY Times wrote an article on it last year. Basically it seems as if police departments can ask the military for surplus hardware which will be destroyed if it goes unclaimed, so there's really no reason to say no to (essentially) free, cool, military gear. Some restrictions seem to have been introduced in May though (Reuters), so hopefully things might start changing for the better.