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Originally Posted by perdurabo
To be honest, I'm pretty happy with this. I don't have a good grasp on the national picture, but locally our LEOs have been using this funding to militarize, and even as a law-abiding-even-tries-not-to-speed citizen that makes me uncomfortable.
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Again, that speaks to intent versus actual use. If you have the ability to write quality grant proposals (quality being defined by the ability to win awards) then why not apply for EVERYTHING.
Then when you get the money (many are surprised they won) you have to spend it...and usually under a ticking clock, so you blow it on "stuff" just because you can. (This is not to specifically ding what these individual jurisdications are doing or being challenged with. Just a gross generalization.)
There is a serious lack of an overall plan...but this IS a republic and the States should so the Feds should not be providing that plan...really...
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"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
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