http://news.msn.com/us/los-angeles-s...imes-newspaper
ffs, why in the world would a school police dept need rocket launchers?!
also found this out about communities who get this equipment:
'The program is also loaded with what many experts view as a perverse incentive: to keep the equipment, local police must use it within a year. This incentive, some experts argue, might encourage police to use the weapons even when they're not necessary.'
altho crime in this country has gone down, swat raids have gone up an amazing amount. and most swat raids are for drugs.
http://www.cato.org/publications/whi...-raids-america
around 40k, used to be around 3k per year.