Military
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Established as the First Provincial Militia in 1670, the SCSG is an all-volunteer state defense force organization within the S.C. Military Department
Compared to many police agencies around the world, the average cop in the United States is woefully under-equipped
San Diego Unified School District acquired the vehicle for use in rescues, according to the district’s police chief
Senate’s No. 2 Democrat on Friday asked Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel to review a program that provides high-powered rifles and other surplus military equipment to civilian police departments
Questions have been raised about whether the governor should have responded faster to an increasingly chaotic and racially tense situation
Investigation will look at department practices over the past few years, including patterns of stops, arrests and use of force, as well as the training officers receive
The examination comes in the aftermath of the police response to unrest in Ferguson, Missouri
The streets of Ferguson were peaceful for another night, as protests and tensions subsided in the St. Louis suburb
Since the guard’s arrival Monday, flare-ups in the small section of town that had been the center of unrest have begun to subside
Although the majority of those arrested are Missourians, just seven live in the St. Louis suburb where the shooting occurred
Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to pay $5M to the family of an unarmed, disabled man who was killed by police in a shooting captured on TV
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder arrived in Ferguson Wednesday to meet with federal investigators
As police action in the Midwest raises concerns about the militarization of agencies, LA police are crediting some equipment for saving lives in a run-and-gun pursuit
Police originally said 31 were arrested, but St. Louis County spokeswoman Candace Jarrett on Tuesday said 57 people were booked at the county jail alone
Obama said it would be useful to review how local law enforcement agencies have used federal grants that permit them to obtain heavier armaments
Presence of armed militia members working on their own has added one more variable to an already complex situation
Missouri’s governor on Monday ordered the National Guard to a St. Louis suburb convulsed by protests over a fatal police shooting
Congressman plans to introduce a bill to restrict a DoD program that provides machine guns and other surplus military equipment for free to agencies
Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday that sending troops to the border will defend not just his home state but the entire nation from “narco-terrorists”
The Guard troops will be armed for self-defense and trained to avoid confrontation with border crossers as they help back up federal border agents
Gov. Jerry Brown took a dig at Texas’ decision to deploy National Guard troops to the border, saying that “wiser minds will prevail”
Since mid-June, Texas already has been paying an additional $1.3M per week to put more troopers and game wardens in South Texas
Sheriff Chuck Jenkins said a “full deployment of military resources” to the U.S.-Mexico border is needed to address the illegal-immigration issues he witnessed
Sheriffs said they have not been consulted and question the wisdom of sending military personnel who are not authorized to stop, question or arrest anyone
A massive manhunt for a heavily armed man in a helmet and body armor, suspected of stealing cruiser before abandoning it, ended last night
The scooter 67-year-old Gilbert LaRocque relies on to get around had run out of power and he could not walk home
Excess military material comes at virtually no cost to local law enforcement agencies
Russell De Young sent a heartfelt letter to the Hampton Police Department thanking them for their handling of the incident
Sheriff William Federspiel says he hopes to never have to use it, since to do so implies “something awfully bad has happened”
Security experts say the sad truth is that there is probably no practical way of preventing members of the armed forces or civilian employees from carrying guns onto big installations like Fort Hood
The soldier who killed three people at Fort Hood may have argued with another service member shortly before the attack
