“Militarizing” The Homeland Security Equipment
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An opportunity for the Israel defense industries?
American law enforcement department have started buying military grade equipment.
Metro Atlanta police departments and sheriff’s offices have recently acquired some new toys which include armored trucks, grenade launchers, and personnel carriers. According to the Georgia Department of Public Safety, $200 million in military equipment and weapons are owned by 600 Georgia law enforcement agencies. Metro Atlanta police departments and sheriff’s offices have recently acquired some new toys which include armored trucks, grenade launchers, and personnel carriers.
Local press reported that this military grade equipment has some people concerned as to why local law enforcement agencies are so heavily armed, but the agencies who have received this equipment say it is better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.
The reason for these purchases is the intelligence assessments that some terror groups have acquired the fire power previously in the hands of army units.
Illustration Pictures with courtesy of IDF’s spokesman unit