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Originally Posted by Captain Otto
But that's not what you said. You said if "that" money implying that $733k was spent on an armoured vehicle. There wasn't $733k just kicking around.
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"That" money for "that" vehicle came from tax payer money. "That" money should not be spent on redundant military equipment that is then "given" to local law enforcement through a disposition program. Instead "that" money should be given to dedicated to national programs that aid social programs to supplement community services and take the load off of police.
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Columbine ABSOLUTELY changed the face of policing from tactics to training to equipment.
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Not when it comes to the militarization of law enforcement. Columbine was a blip on the landscape. Yes, tactics were revised, but the militarization didn't pick up until after DHS was founded. You could possibly make the argument it was the 1033 program under HW Bush, under the guise of combating drug cartels, that opened the door to access to military equipment and training, but it was the Patriot Act and the creation of the Department of Homeland Security that gave departments access to equipment, money, and government support for the rapid and aggressive adoption and use of that equipment. 2002-2010 saw a huge acquisition of hardware and tactics, provided and supported by DHS funding. I was in law enforcement at the time, I got to see it happen.