Officials: White House reviewing equipment program

[theHandpuppet]

Officials: White House reviewing equipment program
USA Today Network
By Jim Kuhnhenn
August 23, 2014

EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — The White House is conducting a review of programs that have equipped local police departments with military gear from the Pentagon, urged by President Barack Obama's call for more separation between the nation's armed forces and civilian law enforcement.

The examination comes in the aftermath of the police response to unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, following the police killing of an unarmed black man.

Two senior administration officials said Saturday that the review will examine whether the programs are appropriate; the amount of training provided for using military equipment; and how well the government audits the use of the money and equipment by local police departments.

The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the review by name....

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[woo me with science]

1. What do you want to bet that the proposed Third Way solution includes

keeping the flow of militarization to the departments, but employing a bunch of private contractors for additional "training" in how to use it?

[LeftyMom]

2. "Reviewing" means punting until something shiny distracts people.

Maybe there will be some small tweak requiring more training or eliminating the stupidest cases of comically small towns getting APCs, but nothing that really matters.