From WSJopinion: The 1033 program, which lets the Pentagon give surplus equipment to law enforcement, still adds value. But there are ways to reform it, write K_Jack_Riley and Aaron C. Davenport.
Police officers equipped like soldiers have appeared on the streets of American cities amid the protests over George Floyd’s killing, renewing concerns about “militarization of police.
” Some federal lawmakers have called to overhaul or terminate the 1033 program, named after a section of the U.S. Code, which allows the Defense Department to transfer surplus equipment to federal, state, local and tribal law-enforcement agencies. But legislators should consider options short of elimination.
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