The musical instruments could be for the school system.

Meh only thing we got was a $19,000 bobcat and 10- 5.56 rifles

Many people keep saying America's police forces aren't being militarized, yet the police keep getting military equipment hand me downs and many wear military camo uniforms (multi-cam, ACU). I mean I'm not paranoid about it, but the people downplaying it can surely see how they are wrong.

Heh?

TNWASHINGTONSHOP EQUIPMENT,ARTILLERY1Set$56,537.454/10/2014

Don't know about the county because who cares about those lazy fucks, but a measly 4 M16s here, marked as actual Colt AR15s

LOL! Okeechobee County are really slackers.

FLOKEECHOBEERIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETER1Each$499.006/4/2009
FLOKEECHOBEERIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETER1Each$499.006/4/2009
FLOKEECHOBEERIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETER1Each$499.006/4/2009
FLOKEECHOBEERIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETER1Each$499.006/4/2009
FLOKEECHOBEERIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETER1Each$499.006/4/2009
FLOKEECHOBEERIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETER1Each$499.006/4/2009
FLOKEECHOBEERIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETER1Each$499.006/4/2009
FLOKEECHOBEERIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETER1Each$499.006/4/2009
FLOKEECHOBEERIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETER1Each$499.006/4/2009
FLOKEECHOBEERIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETER1Each$499.006/4/2009
FLOKEECHOBEERIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETER1Each$499.006/4/2009
FLOKEECHOBEERIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETER1Each$499.006/4/2009
FLOKEECHOBEERIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETER1Each$499.009/21/2011
FLOKEECHOBEERIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETER1Each$499.009/21/2011
FLOKEECHOBEERIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETER1Each$499.009/21/2011
FLOKEECHOBEERIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETER1Each$499.009/21/2011
FLOKEECHOBEERIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETER1Each$499.009/21/2011
FLOKEECHOBEERIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETER1Each$499.009/21/2011
FLOKEECHOBEERIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETER1Each$499.009/21/2011
FLOKEECHOBEERIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETER1Each$499.009/21/2011
FLOKEECHOBEERIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETER1Each$499.009/21/2011
FLOKEECHOBEERIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETER1Each$499.009/21/2011
FLOKEECHOBEERIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETER1Each$138.002/12/2007
FLOKEECHOBEERIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETER1Each$138.002/12/2007
FLOKEECHOBEERIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETER1Each$138.002/12/2007
FLOKEECHOBEERIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETER1Each$138.002/12/2007
FLOKEECHOBEERIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETER1Each$138.002/12/2007
FLOKEECHOBEERIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETER1Each$138.002/12/2007
FLOKEECHOBEERIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETER1Each$138.002/12/2007
FLOKEECHOBEERIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETER1Each$138.002/12/2007
FLOKEECHOBEERIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETER1Each$138.002/12/2007
FLOKEECHOBEERIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETER1Each$138.002/12/2007
FLOKEECHOBEERIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETER1Each$138.002/12/2007
FLOKEECHOBEERIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETER1Each$138.002/12/2007

We got our first for price of shipping. The rest 250...everything must go!!!

Police forces aren't being militarized.  If you're considering military style uniforms and equipment, then they've always been militarized.

Nothing out of the ordinary for any of the counties around here.  Lots of rifles and a couple trucks but, nothing really expensive.

There was a Salad bar and a meat slicer for Virginia Beach though, guess Beach cops are fat.

Rural county deputies have no use for patrol rifles?

According to the news last night, our county, Lane, got more than any other county in Oregon.  With the amount of trucks listed I highly doubt that this is county only.  Likely includes the cities in the county as well.  I've never seen our deputies with colts, they issue bushmasters so the colts must have gone elsewhere.  The prices seem inflated as well.  They have two quads listed at $12k each.  Maybe when new but they are not even close to being new.  I think that they have three or four humves as well but they were in terrible shape.  A bunch of money had to be put into them to be made usable.

A couple of years ago the feds asked for 20 binoculars back from our county.  For a several months they only could find 19 to return.

I livew in the unincorporated part of Pima County and the local cops can't afford an MRAP, even if it was given to them for free... Not enough officers in the station.

Well, Hippies will be hippies and you can't be too prepared.

It is likely being used at the County Jail, a school, or a county-run health-care facility. There are a lot of local government entities who could benefit from items borrowed from the Federal government. Not all of them use the stuff to oppress the masses.

about 100 bayonets, a mine resistant vehicle, a bunch of reflex sights and 556 rifles and a TON of medical supplies, also 1200 blankets.

Only in Arfcom.  

Calhoun county AL has 30 pages...  heres page 1

ALCALHOUNRADAR SURVEILLANCE CENTRAL1Each$1,526,703.004/7/2012
ALCALHOUNWPPL D UPS SUBSYSTEM5EA$1,100,000.00
ALCALHOUNMINE RESISTANT VEHICLE1Each$658,000.0010/10/2013
ALCALHOUNMINE RESISTANT VEHICLE1Each$412,000.0010/4/2013
ALCALHOUNSURVEILLANCE SYSTEM,SCOUT,LONG RANGE1Each$400,000.006/18/2011
ALCALHOUNCRANE,WHEEL MOUNTED1Each$210,857.0011/13/2013
ALCALHOUNBOAT,BRIDGE ERECTION,INBOARD ENGINE1Each$210,000.005/28/2009
ALCALHOUNONLY COMPLETE COMBAT/ASSAULT/TACTICAL WHEELED VEHICLES1Each$200,000.0010/31/2011
ALCALHOUNMK3MOD01Each$193,058.007/17/2012
ALCALHOUNGLIDERS1Each$190,000.002/10/2009
ALCALHOUNTRUCK,WRECKER1Each$168,960.0012/19/2013
ALCALHOUNTRUCK,WRECKER1Each$143,433.009/12/2013
ALCALHOUNNON-LETHAL WEAPONS CAPABILITY SET1Set$126,773.507/7/2010
ALCALHOUNTRUCK,STAKE1Each$110,910.0011/1/2013
ALCALHOUNTRUCK,STAKE1Each$110,910.001/7/2014
ALCALHOUNTRUCK,STAKE1Each$110,910.001/10/2014
ALCALHOUNTRUCK,STAKE1Each$110,910.001/10/2014
ALCALHOUNTRACTOR,WHEELED,IND1EA$110,000.00
ALCALHOUNTRACTOR,WHEELED,INDUSTRIAL1Each$110,000.0010/7/2013
ALCALHOUNTRACTOR,WHEELED,INDUSTRIAL1Each$110,000.0011/21/2013
ALCALHOUNTRACTOR,WHEELED,INDUSTRIAL1Each$110,000.0011/21/2013
ALCALHOUNTENT1Each$102,644.631/2/2014
ALCALHOUNUTILITIES SUPPORT UNIT,TENT,TRAILER MOUNTED1Each$97,640.283/4/2014
ALCALHOUNUTILITIES SUPPORT UNIT,TENT,TRAILER MOUNTED1Each$97,640.283/4/2014
ALCALHOUNUTILITIES SUPPORT UNIT,TENT,TRAILER MOUNTED1Each$97,640.283/4/2014
ALCALHOUNTRUCK,DUMP1Each$92,489.006/13/2013
ALCALHOUNTRACTOR,FULL TRACKED,LOW SPEED1Each$87,683.0010/7/2013
ALCALHOUNTRACTOR,FULL TRACKED,LOW SPEED1Each$87,683.002/18/2014
ALCALHOUNTRACTOR,FULL TRACKED,LOW SPEED1Each$87,683.002/18/2014
ALCALHOUNTRUCK TRACTOR1Each$86,203.009/18/2013
ALCALHOUNSURVEYING INSTRUMENT,AZIMUTH1Each$85,815.009/21/2010
ALCALHOUNTRUCK,DUMP1Each$85,025.007/7/2012
ALCALHOUNTRUCK,DUMP1EA$85,025.00
ALCALHOUNTRUCK,DUMP1Each$84,554.009/18/2013
ALCALHOUNTRUCK,MAINTENANCE1Each$83,276.002/13/2014
ALCALHOUNTRUCKS AND TRUCK TRACTORS1Each$80,000.006/7/2013
ALCALHOUNTRUCKS AND TRUCK TRACTORS1Each$75,000.006/25/2013
ALCALHOUNTRUCK TRACTOR1EA$74,834.00
ALCALHOUNTRUCK,DUMP1Each$72,425.005/29/2013
ALCALHOUNTRUCK,DUMP1Each$72,425.007/9/2013
ALCALHOUNTRUCK,DUMP1Each$72,425.007/10/2013
ALCALHOUNTRUCK,DUMP1Each$72,425.009/3/2013
ALCALHOUNTRUCK,DUMP1Each$72,425.009/18/2013
ALCALHOUNTRUCK,DUMP1Each$72,425.0011/27/2013
ALCALHOUNTRUCK,DUMP2Each$72,425.0011/27/2013
ALCALHOUNTRACTOR,FULL TRACKED,LOW SPEED1Each$72,325.009/16/2013
ALCALHOUNTRUCK TRACTOR1EA$70,996.00
ALCALHOUNTRUCK,CARGO1EA$70,613.00
ALCALHOUNLIGHT CAPABILITY,ROUGH TERRAIN FORKLIFT1Each$70,000.001/23/2014
ALCALHOUNLIGHT CAPABILITY,ROUGH TERRAIN FORKLIFT1Each$70,000.002/28/2014

my county got nothing oh wait

That had to be an awkward conversation with the DLA.

You care to explain how you equate a county jail with oppression of the public? Unless your County Sheriff is rounding up innocent people and tossing them in the clink for no reason, whatsoever, it's not exactly oppressing, is it?. Want to tell us about the time(s) they've tossed you in there on trumped-up charges? Or, are you just so anti-cop that anything having to do with the enforcement of society's laws must be oppression?

Or, do you think the salad bar and meat slicer might be used to oppress the rights of inmates to eat whatever they choose? Maybe they learned from Sheriff Joe and are slicing green bologna for the inmates. That must be it! Stop the slicing of green bologna and serving of wilted lettuce on government-loaned kitchen appliances. Free the people from the militarization of jail kitchens!

Hoooly crap dude are you Fed DC's evil Canadian twin?

I've managed until now to ignore some of the other obvious troll remarks you've made but before you type another retarded thought into this tread remember two things genius;

This is a thread about the all the stuff the military is "giving"/loaning our police departments including gazzillions of M-4's/16's, M-14's M-40's or other long range precision systems, handguns, grenade launchers, range finders, helo's, aircraft, MRAP's and bayonets (which may have other purposes (like slicing boglona) but which has a primary purpose of destroying your enemies will or desire to continue fighting by inflicting wounds which will cause a catastrophic loss of blood-up close-and personal-eyeball to eyeball-spit to spit. What these police departments and counties choose to do with all this stuff is up to them but there is no denying that there are some counties in this country that now have more weapons in their police forces than several countries-----including yours.

Secondly, this is America where we historically have a pretty high suspicion of what .gov is up to. There are quiet a few Americans these days concerned with a whole host of issues, scandals, and this arms race which leads to even more distrust. There is a solid foundation for this distrust because this is how ( Insert the name of EVERY Tyrant or country in the world here) took power and subverted liberty before us. Just because some county takes a couple of cheese slicers "on loan" from .mil along with their 274 M-4's and assorted tanks and artillery pieces doesn't make them some sort of benevolent charity. And if you are going to tell me that everything law enforcement does is good and holy.....and they only arrest and inprision "bad guys and ugly people" just stop-nobody believes you anymore.  

So....now troll away. I'm going to enjoy reading what you have to say.

The county to my north got about 600 night vision devices. That's more than enough to put one in every car on the road. Want to guess whether there is one in every car on the road?

And they also got about a score of radar scattering camo net.

This is what happens when shit is free from Uncle Sugar.  Sometimes the FSA wears polyester cargo pants.

From DLA's web site on the program:


Of course they get to sell the equipment after several years so there's incentive to horde stuff rather than letting the Feds sell it.  

It's been posted a couple of times.

Those aren't M14's. It shows that my county received two 7.62mm rifles valued at $138. These were two rifles that went to the local police dept. They were Remington 700 bolt actions. I looked at them recently when they were looking at acquiring two new AR10 type rifles for their response team.

Honestly, I don't really have a problem with that vs. what would happen to that stuff otherwise. Most likely the federal government would give it away to another country or they would destroy it.

At least if the local government gets it and they're able to sell it later to buy stuff they need that tax money that I pay in that doesn't have to be used.

Ideally the Feds would sell the surplus stuff on the open market and use that money to reduce my overall federal tax burden but that's not going to happen so this is probably the next best thing.

Yep, nothing to worry about here in Mayberry Indiana.  Several 5.56 rifles, a couple of 7.62 rifles, and an Armored truck.  Looks like a pretty good deal to me.  $499 for what I presume are M4's and  $138 for what I assume are surplus Rem 700's.  The Truck was $65,000 or so, but probably pretty good deal considering a new Tahoe or Suburban is probably over $40k these days.

a $10K EOD robot.  Other than that all innocuous:  some firehoses, 80 pr ballistic goggles, couple CPR dummies, a saw, and a couple ridiculously expensive shipping and storage containers.

Where are you guys getting the information from. The link takes me to an article not a database.

Most of the stuff does get sold.  The guns, NVGs, and well now vehicles don't (although they should).

My county went pretty heavy on NVG's and it looks like they may have a vehicle mounted MG of some kind. The descriptions are a bit vague, but I recognized the cam and pawls for a belt-fed on the list.

ETA

M203 related stuff too, I'm guessing CS gas rounds and the like.

Edit 1

Thermal goodness and a fuck ton of m24 scope mounts (probably Badger Ord. bases)

There's a little "click to launch" box that brings up the search database.

My county seems to have scored about 20 45 caliber pistols, a couple hundred rifles in 5.56 and 7.62, and a bunch of random crap included up armored HUMVEEs.

Enough helicopters, fixed wing aircraft and parts for an army, plus 6 pages of rifles, 5.56 and 7.62, 1 MRAP, 1 LAV and a couple of trucks.

Brevard County FL

Funny thing is, I hang out at the airport where the Aviation unit is based and there's 3 heliflopters there... wonder where the rest of the air arm is?

Pinellas County got 4 MRAP's

I feel much safer knowing a local county has 2  MRAP's and a PARACHUTE!? Seriously. A fucking parachute. Also 75 flashlights that cost 900$ each.  (As well a dozens of grenade launchers, rifles, night vision, etc.ect.)

If they are the same type of airframes they may have just gotten them as cann birds.  

I think it lumps all city and county purchases together.

The county didn't get a couple of helicopters, a couple cities did, etc.

The County SO got 3 helicopters- OH-58's that are in flying condition and the rest are parts birds- most of which have been scrapped-, but I'd like to know what city got the multi-million dollar fixed-wing bird(s). It sure as hell wasn't Titusville or Cocoa...

Rural County and we have a MRAP. How the fuck are they going to find the money to do maintenance on the thing; fuck my property taxes better not go up!

My county is small.  It had about 100 .45 caliber pistols valued at $58 each and a few .556 rifles. Also a couple of Utility Trucks.

The only thing that bothers me is why cant I buy the stuff.

Because the vehicles are unsafe to drive on the roads and weapons of war have no place on our city streets.

You can...I buy surplus stuff all the time.

Govt liquidations.

I've nosed around some of those "liquidations". I've never seen any weapons for sale. I'm thinking I would love to set up my man cave with an ICBM launch center though.

County sheriff has an MRAP.  There's 35 M16's on the list.  I know the University PD got several of those.  Couple of shotguns.  That's it.

$138 for a 7.62mm Rifle - I want one!

My county doesn't even show up as one of the counties to choose from in my state.

All this for a county of 30K people.

IN JEFFERSON MINE RESISTANT VEHICLE 1 Each $658,000.00 9/9/2013
IN JEFFERSON PISTOL,CALIBER .45,AUTOMATIC 1 Each $58.71 6/10/2010
IN JEFFERSON PISTOL,CALIBER .45,AUTOMATIC 1 Each $58.71 6/10/2010
IN JEFFERSON PISTOL,CALIBER .45,AUTOMATIC 1 Each $58.71 6/10/2010
IN JEFFERSON PISTOL,CALIBER .45,AUTOMATIC 1 Each $58.71 6/10/2010
IN JEFFERSON PISTOL,CALIBER .45,AUTOMATIC 1 Each $58.71 6/10/2010
IN JEFFERSON PISTOL,CALIBER .45,AUTOMATIC 1 Each $58.71 6/10/2010
IN JEFFERSON PISTOL,CALIBER .45,AUTOMATIC 1 Each $58.71 6/10/2010
IN JEFFERSON PISTOL,CALIBER .45,AUTOMATIC 1 Each $58.71 6/10/2010
IN JEFFERSON PISTOL,CALIBER .45,AUTOMATIC 1 Each $58.71 6/10/2010
IN JEFFERSON PISTOL,CALIBER .45,AUTOMATIC 1 Each $58.71 6/10/2010
IN JEFFERSON RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETER 1 Each $120.00 6/10/2010
IN JEFFERSON RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETER 1 Each $120.00 6/10/2010
IN JEFFERSON RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETER 1 Each $120.00 6/10/2010
IN JEFFERSON RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETER 1 Each $120.00 6/10/2010
IN JEFFERSON RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETER 1 Each $120.00 6/10/2010
IN JEFFERSON RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETER 1 Each $499.00 8/3/2006
IN JEFFERSON RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETER 1 Each $499.00 8/3/2006
IN JEFFERSON RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETER 1 Each $499.00 8/3/2006
IN JEFFERSON RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETER 1 Each $499.00 8/3/2006
IN JEFFERSON RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETER 1 Each $499.00 8/3/2006
IN JEFFERSON RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETER 1 Each $499.00 12/6/2006
IN JEFFERSON RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETER 1 Each $499.00 12/6/2006
IN JEFFERSON RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETER 1 Each $499.00 12/6/2006
IN JEFFERSON RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETER 1 Each $138.00 8/3/2006
IN JEFFERSON RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETER 1 Each $138.00 8/3/2006
IN JEFFERSON RIFLE,7.62 MILLIMETER 1 Each $138.00 8/3/2006
IN JEFFERSON ROLLER,MOTORIZED 1 EA $36,005.00  
IN JEFFERSON ROLLER,MOTORIZED 1 EA $119,023.00  
IN JEFFERSON TRUCK,UTILITY 1 Each $47,989.00 2/10/2012
IN JEFFERSON TRUCK,UTILITY 1 Each $47,989.00 2/10/2012
IN JEFFERSON TRUCK,UTILITY 1 Each $47,989.00 2/10/2012
IN JEFFERSON TRUCK,UTILITY 1 Each $47,989.00 2/10/2012
IN JEFFERSON TRUCK,UTILITY 1 Each $47,989.00 7/23/2012
IN JEFFERSON TRUCK,UTILITY 1 Each $55,500.00 4/30/2012