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Local law enforcement to receive military surplus gear review
Federal 1083 program has subsidized military style weapons for police since the 1990s. Finney County's Garden City Police Department has acquired rifles and armor since 2006, with some gear used only in select cases. Critics in Ferguson and advocates urge reassessment of training and deployment amid protests and calls from Holder and ACLU officials for less militarized policing.
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