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Bergen County Sheriff’s Department drops plan to acquire surplus military vehicles

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Bergen County Sheriff’s Department drops plan to acquire surplus military vehicles

DECEMBER 1, 2014, 8:28 PM    LAST UPDATED: MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2014, 8:28 PM
BY HERB JACKSON AND JOHN ENSSLIN
STAFF WRITERS |
THE RECORD

The Bergen County Sheriff’s Department has dropped plans to obtain two armored mine-resistant vehicles from the military in part because “it was no longer worth the effort,” a department spokesman said Monday.

The decision means Sheriff Michael Saudino is making permanent a delay announced in August.

The decision puts an end to a contentious debate that reverberated throughout this year’s elections for Bergen County executive and freeholder and one that started well before a white police officer shot and killed an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Mo.

The use of military-style vehicles, weapons and armor in response to protests in Ferguson led to state and federal reviews of programs that deploy surplus equipment from the Defense Department to domestic law enforcement.

The White House released one of those reviews on Monday and President Obama directed his cabinet to bring him concrete recommendations to ensure police departments “aren’t building a militarized culture.”

https://www.northjersey.com/news/bergen-county-sheriff-s-department-drops-plan-to-acquire-surplus-military-vehicles-1.1144489

3 thoughts on “Bergen County Sheriff’s Department drops plan to acquire surplus military vehicles

  1. I did not know that there are mine fields in Bergen.

  2. A heavy duty truck could be used to carry the quarters from the meters to several banks in the area.

  3. Yes #1. Political mine fields. Far worse then the explosive types.

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