WASHINGTON — As police in Missouri confront race protests with heavy arms and armor, Sen. Harry Reid said he supports allowing local forces to continue accepting surplus military weaponry, but with ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will revive a program that provides local police departments with surplus military equipment such as high-caliber weapons and grenade launchers, despite past ...

Over the past week complaints across the country about militarized police forces at some of the protests for George Floyd have had some calling for a re-evaluation of the federal “1033” program, which ...

A debate about what to do with 33 surplus police shotguns in ongoing in Falmouth. Now, a decision to either destroy or trade in 100 surplus police handguns will also need to be made before July 1, ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The brutality caught on camera with the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis has led to a nationwide call for police reform. There is currently not a national database when it ...

A sign in downtown Brattleboro promotes community safety. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger BRATTLEBORO — A year after activists called for moving town money from policing into crisis response ...

WASHINGTON — From boots, binoculars and body armor to mine-resistant trucks, helicopters and rifles, used military equipment stockpiled by police agencies in Tennessee over the past decade includes ...

Nearly 100 used police bulletproof vests and 15 surplus ballistic helmets scheduled to be destroyed will instead be heading to Ukraine to provide protection for humanitarian workers and emergency ...

HAGERSTOWN, Md. - If president-elect Donald Trump keeps his promise, surplus military grenade launchers, bayonets, tracked armored vehicles and high-powered firearms and ammunition will once again be ...

Reporting from Washington — President Trump moved Monday to again allow the Pentagon to distribute surplus armored vehicles, grenade launchers and large-caliber weapons to local police, his latest ...

ROYALTON, N.Y. -- "County One", as its now known, is owned by the Niagara County Sheriff's Office but it was purchased many years ago by the United States Military. The helicopter, which was used for ...