SAN DIEGO SCHOOL POLICE GIVEN
MINE-RESISTANT MILITARY VEHICLE
BY PENTAGON
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EXCERPT:
The militarization of police in the US is now even extending into school police departments, as San Diego Unified School District Police are to receive a Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle as part of the Federal Government’s program to hand down military equipment to domestic law enforcement.
NBC San Diego reports that the School police department has been granted permission to take the military vehicle, worth $733,000 in taxpayer money. The MRAP was designed to be used in war zones such as Iraq and Afghanistan to protect troops from improvised explosive devices.
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LA SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICE GET ARMORED VEHICLE, GRENADE LAUNCHERS
Police chief denies equipment represents a "show of force"
EXCERPTS:
Questions are being asked as to why the Los Angeles School District police needs equipment previously used in Iraq after officials admitted they had acquired a 20-foot-long armored vehicle as well as grenade launchers from the U.S. military.
The 14-ton armored vehicle, which was was formerly used to transport US Marines, was obtained in July and has been stored at a secret facility since it was received from the military at no cost. CBS LA were denied permission to film the vehicle.
