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Yes. And this is quite the opposite of the current “defund the police” initiative. We actually need to fund them more to get the above to happen.

>>z9e+(OP)
I think people are sick of departments getting more funds and buying mine protected vehicles instead of sending officers to deescalation refresher classes.

>>alkona+73
Most of those military vehicles are actually extremely cheap, they are given to the police by the military when the military no longer needs them. I think this was partially as a response to the north Hollywood shooting, where two bank robbers outgunned the police and injured a couple dozen officers and civilians before being killed.