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INDIANAPOLIS – Attorney General Curtis Hill today applauded a White House decision to enable police agencies nationwide the opportunity to acquire military surplus items from the federal government. The President’s executive order, announced Monday by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, restores a program that was suspended by the Obama Administration in 2015. “Police officers in Indiana and across the nation need to know we have their back,†Hill said. “These men and women daily put on their uniforms and take to the streets to serve and protect, risking their lives to keep us safe and to drive crime from our neighborhoods. As witnessed in places such as Charlottesville, Virginia, our police officers sometimes face dangers on a larger scale than we would even like to contemplate. We owe it to those who wear the badge to provide them every possible means to do their jobs and return safely to their homes at shift’s end. The program reinstated by the President gives law enforcement access to a wide range of military surplus equipment, including everything from ammunition and armored vehicles to office supplies and computers. While we all hope some of these items will never be necessary, we also must make sure our police agencies are prepared for every possible scenario.†|
