So How Militarized is your Police Agency

[Boomhauer]

I've actually thought about something like a 6x6 with a three point hitch on the back for a disk plow - something that could move down the road 30-40 mph yet create a fire break.

Ya'll don't have any of the fire graders?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubfUt-alNCo

You boys need to write some grants for some heavy equipment and hire me to fix 'em and run 'em.

[Tallpine]

Ya'll don't have any of the fire graders?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubfUt-alNCo

You boys need to write some grants for some heavy equipment and hire me to fix 'em and run 'em.

Heck, we can hardly even get our roads graded.  When we do, they usually make them worse. 

Montana isn't quite as flat a Texas.  I'm not sure how a grader would cross a steep sided coulee    Come to think of it, I recall a mutual aid fire in the next county where a grader got stuck in a bog down in a coulee 

[AJ Dual]

I'm disappointed. Milwaukee county only got a bunch of M16's and M14's.

And all they're ever going to do with the M14's is march in parades.

[KD5NRH]

Montana isn't quite as flat a Texas.  I'm not sure how a grader would cross a steep sided coulee 

Then you need to start early; any ditch can be filled in if you work at it long enough.

[Firethorn]

Greenville County SC--

The only thing I can imagine is causing the price discrepancy is auto vs full auto but that seems like a huge gap. And I would love to know what they're purchasing in 7.62 that they only paid $138.

A different article had the NSNs.  They're M-14s.  I wouldn't be surprised if $138 was the original purchase price.  Either that or it's the appreciated(inflation) depreciated(they're old) value.

[Tallpine]

Then you need to start early; any ditch can be filled in if you work at it long enough.

I keep saying that we need paved roads built to every fire because I get tired of being bounced around 

[dogmush]

A different article had the NSNs.  They're M-14s.  I wouldn't be surprised if $138 was the original purchase price.  Either that or it's the appreciated(inflation) depreciated(they're old) value.

Link?

I have FEDLOG and would really like to know which Truck, Utility my SO got. I'm thinking M35A2 or M9 31 series, but I don't have the nomenclature memorized.

[Ben]

Link?

I have FEDLOG and would really like to know which Truck, Utility my SO got. I'm thinking M35A2 or M9 31 series, but I don't have the nomenclature memorized.

Ditto. I want to try and figure out what the $6.5 million aircraft is.

[Battle Monkey of Zardoz]

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/man-awarded-125k-arrested-strip-searched-filming-nypd-stop-frisk/

It's the attitude more so than the weapons. These idiots with badges in this article should be in prison getting butt humped.

[RoadKingLarry]

Did some more looking. Oklahoma County got 6 helos. A butt load of 5.56 rifles quite a few trucks and oddly enough a good pile of ski boots.

[Tallpine]

Did some more looking. Oklahoma County got 6 helos. A butt load of 5.56 rifles quite a few trucks and oddly enough a good pile of ski boots.

Gotta take vacations in Colorado, you know 

[TechMan]

AEROBIC STEPPER BOARDS   8   EA   $50.00   
AEROBIC STEPPER PLATFORMS   10   EA   $50.00
BOXING GLOVES   1   PR   $50.00   
CAMOUFLAGE NET SYSTEM,RADAR SCATTERING   1   Each   $1,030.00
DETECTING SET,MINE   2   Each   $1,196.00
MONITOR PATIENT VITAL SIGNS   1   EA   $2,662.20   

16 - PISTOL,CALIBER .45,AUTOMATIC   1   Each   $58.71

Multiple pages of 5.56 rifles

[KD5NRH]

AEROBIC STEPPER BOARDS   8   EA   $50.00   
AEROBIC STEPPER PLATFORMS   10   EA   $50.00

IOW, boxes that you can step up onto.  Could make 2-3 of them from a 2x12.

BOXING GLOVES   1   PR   $50.00

The going rate for nasty-ass used boxing gloves has gone up since the last garage sale I was at.

CAMOUFLAGE NET SYSTEM,RADAR SCATTERING   1   Each   $1,030.00

Is this just a fancier version of a ~$50 tarp, or does it include $50 worth of tent poles, too?

DETECTING SET,MINE   2   Each   $1,196.00

A couple of $200-300 metal detectors, and maybe some accessories that have little to no use outside of a battlefield.

[Balog]

Wish I could buy a 1911 for $58.71.

[KD5NRH]

Wish I could buy a 1911 for $58.71.

I'd even consider it if it was packaged with a couple of $50 butt-ugly step stools.  Sweaty, mouldy old boxing gloves might be going too far, though.

[slugcatcher]

Three swords with scabbard in my county.  I wish it would narrow it down to each department.

[Hawkmoon]

False advertising. The site claims to allow us to see how militarized our county and local police departments are becoming. Around here, unincorporated areas are few and far between, so there are virtually NO county police, and lots of municipal departments. But the database doesn't break it down any lower than county, which is essentially useless information since it doesn't tell me what agency within the county actually got the toys.

[Tallpine]

Our county only has one LE agency so that makes it pretty simple 

[Battle Monkey of Zardoz]

Our county only has one LE agency so that makes it pretty simple 

Yep. That "Standing Army" thang.

[Tallpine]

Yep. That "Standing Army" thang.

Not sure what you are trying to say ...

The county seat has no city police force, and contracts with the sheriff dept for inside city limits. 

Which effectively means that the deputies hardly ever get out into the rest of the county except to write tickets on the main N/S highway 

[Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas]

Maricopa county, AZ... looks like we could start a military surplus store.

Not entirely sure what the radar scattering netting is for.

[Ben]

Not entirely sure what the radar scattering netting is for.

That would be to meet the dictionary definition of, "We'll never use this in a million years, but it's so cool we've got to get it!"

[Scout26]

A bit of buyer's remorse perhaps?
 
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/aug/28/police-saddled-with-unwanted-equipment-amid-milita/

But what I found most striking was the "Us v Them" attitude clearly conveyed but the Undersheriff.  That's the real problem.

[brimic]

I'm disappointed. Milwaukee county only got a bunch of M16's and M14's.

And all they're ever going to do with the M14's is march in parades.

I remember about a decade or so ago, their Huey crashed, and there was a pretty strong outcry to not get a replacement. I remember the urinal sentinel making a big deal about the Police Chief at around the same time buying a .338 lapua sniper rifle for the department.

[Scout26]

Here's a picture of the Camouflage Netting, Radar Scattering in use by a M109 SP 155mm Field Artillery battery during Reforger.  Looks natural, doesn't it?