Thread: Obama orders review of federal role in allowing police to buy military gear

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  BREAKING NEWS: President Obama orders a review of federal programs and funding that allow state and local law-enforcement agencies to buy military equipment, a senior administration official confirms to Fox News...
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Obama orders review of federal role in arming state and local police

Published August 23, 2014 FoxNews.com

Aug 18, 2014: Police officers point their weapons at demonstrators protesting against the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. (Reuters)


DEVELOPING: President Obama has directed a review of federal programs and funding that allow state and local law-enforcement agencies to buy military equipment, a senior administration official said Saturday.

The review will include whether the programs are appropriate; whether such police agencies are getting the necessary training and guidance to use the equipment and whether the federal government is sufficiently auditing the use of the equipment obtained through federal programs and funding.

The president hinted Monday that a review was likely, in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of black teenager Michael Brown by a police officer in Ferguson, Mo., in which the local police department using military equipment to try to control the ensuing protests and riots.

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