President Donald Trump plans to resume the transfer of surplus weapons, vehicles and other equipment from the nation’s military to its state and local law enforcement agencies, reviving a ...

How police departments got billions of dollars of tactical military equipment. The program that sends surplus weapons to local law enforcement has drawn criticism in the wake of nationwide ...

In Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014, police officers shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown after confronting him over a report of shoplifting. As his death catalyzed mass protests, people were ...

Michigan police departments have armed themselves with grenade launchers, armored vehicles, automatic rifles and other equipment — 128,000 items in all, worth an estimated $43 million — under ...

The attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, spurred the creation and expansion of several federal programs to grant money to states for equipment and training related to anti-terrorism strategies.

The White House said it would seek added controls on how surplus property is sold or given away, and require police departments to be trained on use of any military gear acquired from the federal ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) - Several police departments in central Arkansas are reporting that guns, tasers, vests and equipment were stolen from patrol cars in a series of break-ins.

A U.S. Department of Defense program—criticized for “militarizing” local police departments by providing them with surplus combat-grade weapons, armored vehicles, and equipment—has ...

Adair, Iowa, had a population of 794. So, it seemed suspicious when its three-person police department asked regulators to buy 90 machine guns, including an M134 Gatling-style minigun capable of ...

The Kentucky Office of Homeland Security says the latest sale of confiscated weapons has generated $104,392 in grants for law enforcement ... Confiscated weapons sold to fund police equipment.

Guns, police equipment reported stolen from Valley Police. Valley Police are low key about an ongoing investigation into a burglary at the department’s own cruiser garage. By Mike McKnight.