The Defense Department recently fired off a round of letters warning state law enforcement officials to track down every gun, helicopter and Humvee that the military had given them under a $2.6 ...
MADISON — The Pentagon has given Wisconsin police agencies more than $28 million in surplus military gear in the past decade, including assault rifles, grenade launchers and mine-resistant trucks, ...
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 ...
The 1122 program, as it’s known, presents a danger to protesters facing off against militarized cops, according to a new ...
President Donald Trump has eliminated Obama-era restrictions on the kinds of surplus military gear the Defense Department can turn over to police.- Download the WGAL app- LIKE WGAL on Facebook ...
Federal authorities say in court documents the operator of a military surplus store in Fayetteville is involved in a conspiracy to sell stolen military equipment from Fort Bragg. Some of the items he ...
Nov. 25—While much of Monroeville changed around it, Ralph's Army Surplus store has been a mainstay on William Penn Highway for nearly seven decades. Founded by Ralph Bonn in 1955, the one-story ...
FOX CROSSING — An online military surplus business moved into the former Harp Gallery Antiques & Furniture building last month. Americana Pipedream Apparel bought the Fox Crossing property, at 2495 ...
New Jersey police departments received $11.8 million of surplus military equipment since 2018 — including two heavily armored vehicles — under a Pentagon program that is facing renewed scrutiny amid ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — Andy & Bax, a longtime Portland fixture selling camping gear and military surplus items, will soon close its doors after 78 years in business. A sign seen on the side of their ...
The amount of surplus military equipment sent to local police departments across the nation has sharply declined in recent months despite an executive order President Trump signed that was intended to ...