Protests and violence in Ferguson, Missouri might look similar to the 1999 W.T.O. riots and recent May Day demonstrations in Seattle. The Ferguson Police response renews the question of why police ...

The federal government has doled out more than $18 billion in surplus military equipment to local police departments over the last five years with little or no oversight. That’s the conclusion of a ...

HAWKINS COUNTY, Tenn - Tension is still high in Ferguson, Missouri after an officer shot and killed an unarmed man Friday night, but the lasting image of police, dressed and armed like military ...

WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon may have mishandled or even lost track of thousands of surplus machine guns, armored vehicles and other pieces of demilitarized equipment sold or provided to foreign ...

Five years ago, thanks to a federal program that distributes surplus military equipment to local police, Bridgeport acquired a heavily armored vehicle capable of withstanding a mine blast. Other ...

There has been an ongoing debate about how local law enforcement departments are becoming more militarised. A controversial federal program allows surplus equipment to get recycled or rather passed ...

The Trump administration is set to restart a program that allows the flow of certain types of surplus military equipment and weapons to state and local law enforcement. The so-called militarization of ...

Many police departments in South Jersey rely on military surplus for tactical rifles, heavy trucks and enough camping and emergency gear to fill a Bass Pro Shops. The growing use of military equipment ...

This headline in Education Week kinda caught my eye: School Police in Los Angeles Will Give Up Grenade Launchers. That’s nice, I thought, the school district giving up its grenade launchers. Not much ...

NEW ORLEANS — Arming community police departments with military weapons or giving them military equipment or vehicles does not reduce crime, a study published Tuesday said. The study, which was ...

Yahoo Racing is powered by Motorsport Network, providing expert reporting, analysis, and insider access across the world’s top racing series. The federal government has doled out more than $18 billion ...