The 1033 program has been likened to Craigslist’s “Free Stuff” section, and the comparison is apt.
During this era, America’s “war on drugs” and tough-on-crime political platforms provided the impetus for the militarization of police forces around the country. The 1033 Program was conceived in the years following Operation Desert Storm, just as America’s violent crime rate was hitting an all-time high.
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Free Military Surplus for Law Enforcement For these reasons, we decided to cap our analysis to looking at the last decade (2010-2020) of transfers. Over time, items can be transferred between departments, meaning these official records may be less reflective of specific police department inventories as time goes on. As well, the 1033 dataset captures shipments of equipment. The visualization above tracks the flow of military equipment to law enforcement over the past decade.Ī note on the data: Much of the equipment acquired through the program is already used – and often obsolete by military standards. These questions and more are answered by data from the Defense Logistics Agency, which oversees the 1033 Program. How did so many police departments across the United States end up with bomb-proof trucks and night vision goggles? Where are departments acquiring this equipment, and at what cost? In the wake of countrywide protests surrounding the killing of George Floyd, questions around the militarization of police forces have taken center stage once again. View the full-size version of this infographic. Charting the $1.7B Transfer of Military Equipment to Police Departments
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