The militarization of police - is it real, or a made up term by cop haters in an effort to discredit the service? Why do officers now look more like special forces than traditional cops? Tactical ...

SALINAS – The Salinas Police Department released its 2025 Annual Report on Military Equipment Use by Law Enforcement, which reported that while certain military equipment like drones were frequently ...

Representative Hank Johnson (D-Ga.-4), re-introduced legislation on March 10, 2026, aimed at restricting the Department of Defense’s ability to transfer surplus military hardware to domestic law ...

The recent disturbing images of police in Ferguson, Mo. using armored carriers, dogs and assault weapons on civilian protesters has raised serious concerns about the militarization of local police ...

SWAT teams were first created here in Los Angeles after the 1965 Watts riots. Since then, the use of SWAT teams has increased across the country. The so-called “militarization” of the police became ...

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