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Subject: [smashthestate] Warrior Cops
Date: Saturday, March 25, 2000 9:55 PM
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What follows is an executive summary of a study done by the Cato
Institute. The full report can be obtained at
http://www.cato.org/pubs/briefs/bp50.pdf
The subject is truly disturbing. The US is turning more into
a police state with each passing day.
Warrior Cops
The Ominous Growth of Paramilitarism in
American Police Departments
by Diane Cecilia Weber
Diane Cecilia Weber is a Virginia writer on law enforcement and criminal
justice.
Executive Summary
Over the past 20 years Congress has encouraged the U.S. military to
supply intelligence, equipment, and training to civilian police. That
encouragement has spawned a culture of paramilitarism in American law
enforcement.
The 1980s and 1990s have seen marked changes in the number of state and
local paramilitary units, in their mission and deployment, and in their
tactical armament. According to a recent academic survey, nearly 90
percent of the police departments surveyed in cities with populations
over 50,000 had paramilitary units, as did 70 percent of the departments
surveyed in communities with populations under 50,000. The Pentagon has
been equipping those units with M-16s, armored personnel carriers, and
grenade launchers. The police paramilitary units also conduct training
exercises with active duty Army Rangers and Navy SEALs.
State and local police departments are increasingly accepting the
military as a model for their behavior and outlook. The sharing of
training and technology is producing a shared mindset. The problem is
that the mindset of the soldier is simply not appropriate for the
civilian police officer. Police officers confront not an �enemy� but
individuals who are protected by the Bill of Rights. Confusing the
police function with the military function can lead to dangerous and
unintended consequences�such as unnecessary shootings and killings.
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