Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy: Arming Police With Military Equipment Appears Menacing, May Not Reduce Crime
June 05, 2020
June 05, 2020
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, June 5 -- The Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy issued the following news:
Images of heavily-armed police have been one jarring aspect of the scenes on American streets for the past week. For decades, the Department of Defense has run a program that has distributed "everything from bayonets to grenade launchers" to police precincts across the country.
In an article in Wired (https://www.wired.com/story/pentagon-hand-me-downs-militariz . . .
Images of heavily-armed police have been one jarring aspect of the scenes on American streets for the past week. For decades, the Department of Defense has run a program that has distributed "everything from bayonets to grenade launchers" to police precincts across the country.
In an article in Wired (https://www.wired.com/story/pentagon-hand-me-downs-militariz . . .