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WASHINGTON — President Obama on Monday will ban the federal provision of some types of military-style equipment to local police departments and sharply restrict the availability of others, administration officials said.
The ban is part of Mr. Obama’s push to ease tensions between law enforcement and minority communities in reaction to the crises in Baltimore; Ferguson, Mo.; and other cities.
He is taking the action after a task force he created in January decided that police departments should be barred from using federal funds to acquire items that include tracked armored vehicles, the highest-caliber firearms and ammunition, and camouflage uniforms.
The ban is part of a series of steps the president has made to try to build trust between law enforcement organizations and the citizens they are charged with protecting.
I think this is a good idea. What do you think?
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Re: Good Idea
I would agree that the move away from local police forces being quasi-military forces is a good thing. I would suggest that the police force needs to be more like a neighborhood operation than an invading special operations unit. I would like to see smaller precincts/police stations located around the neighborhoods they are responsible for rather than large central buildings located in the government complex. I would like to see police interacting on a daily basis with the people they police. I don't want to see them lurking around in cars scoping out the local population as their only interaction (other than arrests) with the people. Currently, in many cases, there is an us-against-them reactionary relationship between the police and the general population. This needs to change. Somehow we need to re-establish mutual trust and respect between the general public and the police who are there to maintain safety.
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Lest we forget.
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
- Just Fred
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I also agree with everything rongone said, and the photos Goose posted illustrate why I agree with the president's decision.
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