{"id":36297,"date":"2017-08-29T16:20:53","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T16:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2017\/08\/29\/armed-services-dem-raps-trump-for-expanding-military-surplus-transfers-to-police\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:02:10","slug":"armed-services-dem-raps-trump-for-expanding-military-surplus-transfers-to-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2017\/08\/29\/armed-services-dem-raps-trump-for-expanding-military-surplus-transfers-to-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed Services Democrat raps Trump for expanding military surplus transfers to police"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2015&nbsp;House Armed Services Committee ranking member Adam Smith, D-Wash., ripped the Trump administration for reinstating surplus military equipment transfers to U.S. civilian law enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is a dangerous decision,\u201d Smith said in a statement on Monday. \u201cProviding these weapons can pose risks to our communities, undermine civil liberties, and improperly blur the line between military and civil authority.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump on Monday lifted a controversial Obama administration ban on the transfer of weaponized aircraft, armored vehicles, bayonets, grenade launchers, large-caliber weapons, ammunition and other heavy equipment from being used by state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies on America\u2019s streets.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=643c3809-430e-47e7-b9dd-1ebfb87ceaee\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Local police departments will soon have access to surplus U.S. military gear after President Donald Trump signed an order Aug. 28 reviving a Pentagon program that civil rights groups say inflames tensions between officers and their communities.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The transfers are covered by the \u201c1033 Program,\u201d named for the section of the provision of the 1997 National Defense Authorization Act that established it. Administered by the Defense Logistics Agency, it has transferred a broad range of equipment worth more than $6 billion to over 8,000 policy agencies across the U.S. since its inception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the program has been faulted by the Government Accountability Office for lacking management controls to prevent waste, abuse and fraud, which led to hundreds of millions of dollars in reported lost, damaged or stolen excess property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A GAO sting, made public in July ,resulted in a fake police agency obtaining more than 100 items worth $1.2 million, including night vision goggles, simulated M-16A2 rifles and pipe bomb equipment, leading Pentagon officials to promise to tighten procedures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2015, President Barack Obama had used an executive order to curtail the distribution of weapons following police use of military gear to quell protests in Ferguson, Missouri, over the death of an unarmed black teenager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Monday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the decision to reverse the Obama era decision at a gathering of the national Fraternal Order of Police in Nashville, Tennessee, saying the restrictions went \u201ctoo far.\u201d Sessions cited studies showing the equipment reduces crime rates, assaults against police officers and complaints against police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. 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