Videos – Special Reports
~ Bill Maher on Militarization of Police, Police Aggression, and Conservative Hypocricy – YouTube
~ Deadly Force- Arming America’s Police – Fault Lines – YouTube
~ Expanding Militarization of Police in US – YouTube
~ Ferguson, MO and Police Militarization Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) – YouTube
~ John Stossel – Police Militarization – YouTube
~ The Root of Police Militarization – Truth in Media – YouTube
~ The War at Home- Militarized Local Police Tap Post-9-11 Grants to Stockpile Combat Gear, Use Drones – Democracy Now! – VIDEO
~ US Deadly Force- Arming America’s Police – Fault Lines – YouTube
Videos – Mainstream News Reports
~ 2 Colorado police agencies suspended from getting DOD equipment – YouTube
~ Are Police Becoming Too Militarized? – YouTube
~ ASU campus police officers given military weapons – YouTube
~ Concerns raised over militarization of local police departments – CBS News – VIDEO
~ DMV police have received millions in military equipment to use on civilian streets – YouTube
~ Elmwood Place police armed with military equipment – YouTube
~ Ferguson tragedy- Police militarization on display – YouTube
~ FOX 11 Investigates- Small-town police stock up on military gear – YouTube
~ From nightsticks to Humvees- How the US police was militarized – YouTube
~ Have US police departments become too militarised? – BBC News – VIDEO
~ How NJ Police Are Using Surplus Military Equipment – YouTube
~ John Stossel Calls Bill O’Reilly an -Obnoxious Bully- (Police Militarization) – YouTube
~ LEX18 Investigates- Local Police, Military Gear – YouTube
~ Local law enforcement agencies using military equipment – YouTube
~ Local Law Enforcement To Receive $600 Million In Military Surplus – YouTube
~ Local Military Equipment – YouTube
~ Local police departments armed with military-style equipment – YouTube
~ Local police using surplus military equipment – YouTube
~ Local school districts got military gear from Pentagon – CBS News – VIDEO
~ Manufacturer defends police use of military-style equipment – YouTube
~ Militarized Police Forces Raise Concern – NBC News – YouTube
~ Militarized police in America- How did we get here? – YouTube
~ Militarized Police Forces Raise Concern NBC News – YouTube
~ Militarization of police force a problem in the US – Fox News – VIDEO
~ Militarization of the police in the US – YouTube
~ Militarization of U.S. police – YouTube
~ Military equipment use varies across Maryland police departments – YouTube
~ New Hope Police to Use New Armored Vehicle – YouTube
~ Pentagon provides military grade weapons to local police – YouTube
~ Police militarization making headlines after years of neglect by MSM – YouTube
~ Police officer safety or surplus zeal- Military equipment spurs debate – IndyStar – VIDEO
~ Police received $210M worth of military equipment – Daily Mail Online – VIDEO
~ Small town police gear up with big armor – YouTube
~ Small town police stock up on military gear – YouTube
~ Tanks used in Iraq and Afghanistan given to local police departments – YouTube
~ The militarization of police forces in Oregon – YouTube
~ Thetford Township police chief charged in connection to missing military equipment – YouTube
~ Trump Ends Restrictions On Surplus Military Equipment For Local Law Enforcement – YouTube
~ Trump proposal could mean more military gear for police – YouTube
~ Unrest in Ferguson Highlights Militarization of America’s Police – NBC News – VIDEO
~ US Police Train with Foreign Militaries to Crackdown on Dissent – YouTube
~ USF police stock up on military equipment – YouTube
~ Widespread militarization of Illinois police forces uncovered by I-Team – ABC7 Chicago – VIDEO
Videos – Independent News Reports
~ Are local police forces preparing for war? – YouTube
~ Are U.S. Police Too Militarized? – YouTube
~ Explained- How Obama Militarized The Police – YouTube
~ How did the U.S. police force militarize? – YouTube
~ Militarization of Local Police Skyrockets Under Obama – YouTube
~ Obama Expands Militarization of Police – YouTube
~ The militarization of police in Cleveland – – AJ+ – YouTube
~ The Militarization of Police- Land of the Formerly Free – YouTube
~ The Militarization of Police When Tyranny Comes Home – YouTube
~ Why America’s police look like soldiers – YouTube
~ When The Police Become The Military – @ConspiracyStuff – YouTube
Videos – Documentaries
~ Do Not Resist Official Trailer 1 (2016) – Documentary – YouTube
~ NWO and the United States- police militarization and upcoming martial law – YouTube
~ The Militarization Of Local Police – YouTube
Videos – Podcasts
~ Are Police Declaring War on Americans? – YouTube
~ Christians Against the Militarization of Police (John W. Whitehead) – YouTube
~ DISASTER- Trump Lifting Ban on Local Police Militarization – YouTube
~ How Police Became a Standing Army – YouTube
~ Police State – The Militarization of the Police Force in USA – YouTube
~ Rise Of The Paramilitary Police – YouTube
~ The Militarization of our Local Police – YouTube
~ The Origins of Militarized Police- From Peace Officer to Command and Control – YouTube
~ The Rise Of ‘Military Police’ In America – YouTube
~ US-Israeli police militarization and the disinformation campaign against Nicaragua – YouTube
Videos – Interviews
~ Noam Chomsky on Militarization of Police-BLM-Prison Industrial Complex – YouTube
~ Radley Balko on The Militarized Police State – YouTube
~ [Rise of the Warrior Cop] – C-SPAN.org
~ Rise of the Warrior Cop- The Militarization of America’s Police Forces- (Radley Balko) – YouTube
~ Why military equipment is in the hands of local police – YouTube
Mainstream News Articles
- ~ 7 Ways The Obama Administration Has Accelerated Police Militarization – HuffPost
- ~ A Decade After 911, Police Departments Are Increasingly Militarized – HuffPost
- ~ A long, powerful history- How we militarized the police – MinnPost
- ~ ACLU Launches Nationwide Police Militarization Investigation – HuffPost
- ~ America’s police are looking more and more like the military – The Guardian
- ~ AP IMPACT- Little restraint in military giveaways – Newser
- ~ AP IMPACT- Little Restraint In Military Giveaways – NPR.url
- ~ Battlefield US- Pentagon arms police departments with free heavy weaponry – RT
- ~ Chart- Pentagon Donations To Police Are Skyrocketing – Forbes
- ~ Connecticut police departments stockpile MRAPs, helicopters, M16 rifles through federal program – Hartford Courant
- ~ Cops or soldiers? America’s police have become too militarized – The Economist
- ~ CPD unveils armored, bulletproof, land mine-resistant SWAT car – WISTV 10
- ~ Critics slam ‘militarization’ of police – POLITICO
- ~ Dakota County Sheriff’s Office Acquires Decommissioned Military-grade, Mine-resistant Vehicle – MN Patch
- ~ Database- Military surplus goes to local police – IndyStar
- ~ Details emerge on distribution of military weapons in Mass. – The Boston Globe
- ~ “Do Not Resist” and the Crisis of Police Militarization – The New Yorker
- ~ ‘Do Not Resist’ documentary delves into police militarization – Detroit Free Press
- ~ ‘Do Not Resist’ Documentary Puts Militarized Police Under Fire – Newsweek
- ~ ‘Do Not Resist’ is a startling look at the militarization of American police forces – The Washington Post
- ~ Do Not Resist- new film shows how US police have become an occupying army – Documentary films – The Guardian
- ~ “Do Not Resist” traces the militarization of police with unprecedented access to raids and unrest – Baltimore Sun
- ~ Does military equipment lead police officers to be more violent? We did the research. – The Washington Post
- ~ DOJ Agency Warns Of Police Militarization – HuffPost
- ~ Don’t mess with Redwood City’s armored 30-ton SWAT vehicle – The Mercury News
- ~ Ferguson and the Militarization of Police – U.S. News
- ~ How a rural US sheriff’s department was able to obtain a military-grade vehicle – California – The Guardian
- ~ How America’s Police Became an Army: The 1033 Program – Newsweek
- ~ How America’s police became so heavily armed – The Economist
- ~ How Much Is The Military Equipment Transferred To Law Enforcement Worth? [Infographic] – Forbes
- ~ How President Bill Clinton Helped Militarize American Police Departments – The Daily Caller
- ~ How the War on Terror Has Militarized the Police – The Atlantic
- ~ IRS Has 4,500 Guns, 5 Million Rounds Ammunition: Paying Taxes? – Forbes
- ~ ‘It’s a warzone in the US’- Indiana sheriff explains why he deployed heavy armor in his county – RT
- ~ L.A. schools police will return grenade launchers but keep rifles, armored vehicle – Los Angeles Times
- ~ Local Cops Ready for War With Homeland Security-Funded Military Weapons – Daily Beast
- ~ Local Law Enforcement Gets Military-Grade Equipment – CBS Philly
- ~ Local police acquire more firepower – southbendtribune.com
- ~ Local Police Stockpile Weapons Of War – News Channel 5 Nashville
- ~ Local school districts got military gear from Pentagon – CBS News
- ~ Mapping the Spread of the Military’s Surplus Gear – The New York Times
- ~ Mass. Police Got Military Tactical Gear Worth Millions From Controversial Federal Program – NBC Boston
- ~ Military equipment acquired by Florida police agencies – Sun-Sentinel
- ~ Military equipment flowing to local law enforcement raises questions – AJC
- ~ Military hardware for college cops – POLITICO
- ~ Military hardware still flowing to local police after Ferguson – Washington Times
- ~ Militarization of the Police, Fargo Edition – The Atlantic
- ~ Militarization of police has no effect on crime, but might harm reputation in community, study says – cleveland.com
- ~ Militarization of Police- U.S. Law Enforcement Has $1.9 Billion of Army Equipment at its Disposal – Newsweek
- ~ Militarization of the Police – PBS NewsHour
- ~ Millions of dollars of used military equipment now in the hands of Tampa Bay area law enforcement – wtsp.com
- ~ Millions of dollars of used military equipment now in the hands of Tampa Bay area law enforcement – wltx.com
- ~ MRAPs And Bayonets- What We Know About The Pentagon’s 1033 Program – NPR
- ~ New ACLU report takes a snapshot of police militarization in the United States – The Washington Post
- ~ Ohio State University Acquires Military-Style Armored Truck (PHOTO) – HuffPost
- ~ Opinion – Militarized policing doesn’t reduce crime and disproportionately hits black communities – The Washington Post
- ~ Our ‘Excessive Militarization of Police’ needs to Change – Daily Kos
- ~ Police Departments Have Received Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars In Military Equipment Since Ferguson – Buzz Feed News
- ~ Police Are Big Recipients of Pentagon’s Surplus Gear and Weapons – NBC News
- ~ Police lobbies pressure Congress to keep their military – RT
- ~ Police Militarization- 1033, DHS Programs Lead to Billions in Equipment Stockpiling – Bloomberg
- ~ Police militarization comes to Texas – My San Antonio
- ~ Police militarization fails to protect officers and targets black communities, study finds – PBS NewsHour
- ~ Police Militarization Is Out of Control, and There’s No Oversight – NYTimes.com
- ~ Police militarization Looking at policy solutions – MinnPost
- ~ Police Militarization – VICE
- ~ Police officer safety or surplus zeal? Military equipment spurs debate – IndyStar
- ~ Police received $210M worth of military equipment – Daily Mail Online
- ~ Police ‘Tank’ Purchase Riles New Hampshire Town – HuffPost
- ~ One nation under SWAT How America’s police became an occupying force – Salon.com
- ~ Reader submissions from small towns that are militarizing their police forces – The Washington Post
- ~ Rise of the Warrior Cop – WSJ
- ~ Senator Rand Paul on Ferguson- We Must Demilitarize the Police – Time
- ~ Small town America shouldn’t resemble war zone – USA Today
- ~ Small town America shouldn’t resemble war zone- Column – IndyStar
- ~ Spotlight- A History Of Police Militarization – WBEZ Chicago
- ~ Start in case of emergency, Warren County Sheriff’s Office receives armored vehicles – The Post Star
- ~ SWAT Raids, Stun Guns, And Pepper Spray Why The Government Is Ramping Up The Use Of Force – HuffPost
- ~ The federal government has helped the militarization of police – Vox
- ~ The Militarizing of Local Police – Forbes
- ~ The Militarization Of Local Police Has Been Decades In The Making – HuffPost
- ~ The militarization of our police force – Fox News
- ~ The Militarization of Police Does Not Reduce Crime – Pacific Standard
- ~ The Pentagon is Offering Free Military Hardware to Every Police Department in the US – Business Insider
- ~ The politics behind the militarization of the police and overuse of massive force – Courier Journal
- ~ ‘They want to play soldier’- Experts weigh in on the program militarizing American cops – Yahoo! News
- ~ Township Under Scrutiny For Use Of Surplus Military Gear – CBS Detroit
- ~ Trump Endorses Militarization of Police, Rolls Back Obama-Era Restrictions on Providing Military Gear – Newsweek
- ~ Trump Makes It Easier for Police to Get Military Equipment – NBC News
- ~ Trump to Fully Restore Military Surplus Transfers to Police – New York Times
- ~ Trump to lift military gear ban for local police – CNN Politics
- ~ Trump to restore program sending surplus military weapons to Polce – Washington Post
- ~ US police given billions from Homeland Security for ‘tactical’ equipment – The Guardian
- ~ War comes to Pulaski County, Indiana – The Washington Post
- ~ War Gear Flows to Police Departments – The New York Times
- ~ War Weapons For America’s Police Departments- New Data Shows Feds Transfer $2.2B In Military Gear – Forbes
- ~ What I Learned by Studying Militarized Policing It doesn’t make the police or public any safer. But figuring that out exposed the dearth of useable data on law-enforcement practices. – The Atlantic
- ~ Why America’s Police Are Becoming So Militarized – Business Insider
- ~ Why America’s police forces look like invading armies – Vox
- ~ Widespread militarization of Illinois police forces uncovered by I-Team – ABC7 Chicago
- ~ Yes, American police act like occupying armies. They literally studied their tactics – The Guardian
- ~ VICE on police militarization – The Washington Post
Independent News Articles
- ~ 11 chilling facts about America’s militarized police force – Salon
- ~ 11 Shocking Facts About America’s Militarized Police Forces – Alternet.org
- ~ A GAO Sting Scored $1.2 Million in Weapons From an Unsuspecting Department of Defense – WIRED
- ~ A new study reveals that police militarization does not keep anyone safe – The Appeal
- ~ ACLU Digs Deep Into The Law Enforcement War Machine – Techdirt
- ~ ACLU Launches Nationwide Investigation into Police Use of Military Technology & Tactics – American Civil Liberties Union
- ~ Are Police in America Now a Military, Occupying Force? – The Rutherford Institute
- ~ California releases its 1033 program data – MuckRock
- ~ Can States Slow the Flow of Military Equipment to Police? – The Pew Charitable Trusts
- ~ Connecting the Dots of State Theft, Police Militarization, & The War on Drugs Through Civil Asset Forfeiture – Imagining Justice
- ~ Defense Industry-Backed Lawmakers Voted to Continue Police Militarization Program – MapLight
- ~ Does the Militarization of Police Lead to More People Killed- Research Says Yes – Alternet.org
- ~ “Do Not Resist”- Inside American Police Militarization – The Intercept
- ~ “Do Not Resist”- Police Militarization Documentary Everyone Should See – PopularResistance.Org
- ~ In the crosshairs: Concerns over police militarization in the United States have prompted recent scrutiny of the 1033 program, which provides surplus military equipment to civilian law enforcement agencies. How has this public attention affected airborne law enforcement? – Vertical Mag
- ~ Eliminating this federal program would play a major part in demilitarizing the police – Fast Company
- ~ Every item distributed to local law enforcement by the Pentagon’s 1033 program over two years – MuckRock
- ~ Executive Order Takes Window Dressing off Police Militarization Program – Tenth Amendment Center
- ~ Fargo, North Dakota police stockpile high-tech, combat-ready gear. – Tactical Life Gun Magazine
- ~ Government Agencies are Stockpiling Body Armor, Tactical Gear, Ammo – The New American
- ~ How Are Communities Impacted by Federal Police Militarization Program – The Defense Post
- ~ How a Biden-Backed Community Policing Bill Wound Up Militarizing Cops – GEN Medium
- ~ How Did America’s Police Get So Militarized? – Mother Jones
- ~ If You Thought Obama Was Giving Less Military Gear to Local Police Departments, You Were Wrong – In These Times
- ~ INFOGRAPHIC From Mayberry to Police State The Transfer of Military Surplus to Domestic Police – The Global Elite
- ~ INFOGRAPHIC: Militarization of the US Police Forces – Blog.ArrestRecords.Com
- ~ Local Police Adopt Military Technology and Tactics – The New American
- ~ Local police stockpile high-tech, combat-ready gear – Reveal
- ~ Local Use of Military Equipment is Drawing Scrutiny—But Local Use of Surveillance Equipment and Training Needs Attention Too – Electronic Frontier Foundation
- ~ Mapping the Militarization of Police – United For Peace and Justice
- ~ Militarized policing is counterproductive, Stanford expert says – Standford News
- ~ Militarization Drug War Facts – DrugPolicyFacts.org
- ~ Militarization Of Police Doesn’t Reduce Crime, It Increases Public Distrust Of Police – Science Trends
- ~ Militarization of police fails to enhance safety, may harm police reputation – Princeton University
- ~ Militarization of Police In the United States Charles – Charles Koch Institute
- ~ Militarization of Police – Reason.com
- ~ Militarization of the police- it is more than just equipment – RedState
- ~ New Study Findings- Militarizing Local Police Does Not Reduce Crime – Louisiana State University
- ~ Obama Flooding U.S. Streets With “Weapons of War” for Local Police – The New American
- ~ Pentagon program that gives military gear to police draws scrutiny – Autoblog
- ~ Police militarization and one cop’s humble opinion – Police1
- ~ Police Militarization and the War on Citizens – American Bar Association
- ~ Police Militarization – American Civil Liberties Union
- ~ Police Militarization Escalates Even As Violence Declines — And There’s A Good Chance It’s Going To Get Worse – Techdirt
- ~ Police Militarization in Ferguson — and Your Town – Cato Institute
- ~ Police Tactics and Misconduct – Cato Institute
- ~ Rand Paul- It’s Time To Demilitarize the Police – Reason.com
- ~ Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police Forces – The Independent Institute
- ~ Secret Military Training Blurs Line Between Police and Soldiers – The New American
- ~ Sens. Rand Paul and Brian Schatz Introduce the Stop Militarizing Our Law Enforcement Act – Senator Rand Paul
- ~ Sheriff Lott’s New Toy – Reason.com
- ~ Small-Town Cops Pile Up on Useless Military Gear – WIRED
- ~ Stop Arming the Police Like a Military – Defense One
- ~ Study: Militarization of police does not reduce crime – Big Think
- ~ SWAT Overkill- The Danger of a Paramilitary Police Force – Popular Mechanics
- ~ Terrorism and the Militarization of the NYPD – CounterPunch.org
- ~ The 1033 program takes center stage again, as militarized police make headlines – TechCrunch
- ~ The Empire Turns Its Guns on the Citizenry – Antiwar.com
- ~ The High Price of Police Militarization – National Priorities Project
- ~ The Militarization & Federalization of State and Local Police Forces – Off Grid Survival
- ~ The Militarization of American Police – Foundation for Economic Education
- ~ The Militarization of America’s Police- A Brief History – Foundation for Economic Education
- ~ The Militarization Of America’s Police- Despite Obama Promises, War-Weapon Spending Soared In 2014-15 – Tap News Wire
- ~ The Militarization of the Police- Is It a Battle of Equipment or Mentality- (Part 1 of 3) – HuffPost
- ~ The Militarized Mentality of the Police (Part 2 of 3) – HuffPost
- ~ The Militarization of U.S. Police Finally Dragged Into the Light by the Horrors of Ferguson – The Intercept
- ~ The Pentagon Finally Details its Weapons-for-Cops Giveaway – The Marshall Project
- ~ The Pentagon gave nearly half a billion dollars of military gear to local law enforcement last year – The Washington Post
- ~ The Pentagon’s Hand-Me-Downs Helped Militarize Police. Here’s How – WIRED
- ~ The War at Home- Militarized Local Police Tap Post-9-11 Grants to Stockpile Combat Gear, Use Drones – Democracy Now!
- ~ There Are Now More Bureaucrats With Guns Than U.S. Marines – The Washington Free Beacon
- ~ This New Film Shows Just How Far Police Militarization Has Gone – Mother Jones
- ~ Troubling Development: Pentagon Allowed to Supply Military Gear Directly to Homeland Security Dept. for ‘War on Immigrants’ – Alternet
- ~ War Comes Home – American Civil Liberties Union
- ~ Weapons of War On Our Streets: A Guide to the Militarization of America’s Police – Ammo.com
- ~ Weapons of War on our Streets- A Guide to the Militarization of Police – Tenth Amendment Center
- ~ What is Police Militarization? – War Resisters League
- ~ What Military Hardware Has Your Local PD Been Stockpiling- This Database Can Show You! – The Free Thought Project
- ~ Who Are They At War With- The Pentagon Has Given Cops $2.2 BILLION in Military Weapons – The Free Thought Project
- ~ Who Benefits From Police Militarization? (INFO-GRAPHIC) – Mint Press News
Reports
~ Militarizing Mayberry and Beyond: Making Sense of American Paramilitary Policing 1997 – PDF
~ Militarization and police violence- The case of the 1033 program 2017
~ Militarization and Policing—Its Relevance to 21st Century Police – 2007 – PDF
~ Snapshot Oversight Report: The Militarization of Local Police Departments – Open the Books – PDF
~ Warrior Cops- The Ominous Growth of Paramilitarism in American Police Departments – Cato Institute
Data
- ~ Cleaned state data from LESO (through April 23, 2014) – Google Drive
- ~ “Does Surplus Military Equipment Reduce Crime?” – Dataverse – Harvard
- ~ LESO Program data – Google Drive
Websites
~ 1033 Program Usage by County – MPM Project
~ Federal Weapons Loaned to Public Bodies in 2019 – Open The Books
- ~ Defense Logistics Agency – Law Enforcement Support Office
- ~ Defense Logistics Agency – 1033 Program FAQs
- ~ Kraska – School Of Justice Studies – Eastern Kentucky University
- ~ Oversight of Federal Programs for Equipping State and Local Law Enforcement -Hearings – Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee