Hawaii FBI Received 3 Mine Resistant Vehicles Worth $1.2M
The Pentagon has given away $1.4 billion in surplus military equipment to local law enforcement agencies since 1990.
The shocking display of police force in raised questions about how local law enforcement are obtaining high-grade weapons and vehicles.
Since 1990, the Pentagon’s has given away聽about $1.4 billion in surplus tactical military equipment聽to local law enforcement agencies, according to a published Wednesday by , a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system.
In August, we reported that聽Hawaii did receive some equipment through the program. Now thanks to the Pentagon’s recent release of data detailing all the equipment distributed throughout the states and territories, we know exactly how much.
Hawaii’s FBI agency received $1.2 million worth of equipment in the form of three mine-resistant vehicles. The FBI’s Crime Drug Squad聽also received $15,572.62 for聽a night vision image intensifier, infrared illuminator and 鈥渃lose quarters batt.” Immigration and Naturalization Service also received four utility trucks.
The Marshall Project created a handy tool below, breaking down what each state and county (including Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands) received from the program.
The Honolulu Police Department has stated that it has only received office equipment through the program.
Hawaii, like other states, has also received tens of millions of dollars through a separate Homeland Security Grant Program, intended to help states and counties prepare for terrorist threats and other disasters.
The federal government has doled out $40 billion in grants to states and counties throughout the country since 2002, .
