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Database: How many grenade launchers did Michigan police departments receive?

By Detroit Free Press staff, Aug. 17, 2014

More than $43 million worth of property has been transferred to law enforcement in Michigan from January 2006 through April 23 of this year. Nationally, more than $4.3 billion worth of property has been transferred to law enforcement since the program’s inception in fiscal year 1997, according to Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), which oversees the Law Enforcement Support Office (or 1033) program out of its office in Battle Creek. More than 8,000 agencies participate nationwide.

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A Free Press review of items transferred from the military since 2006 shows Michigan law enforcement agencies have received 17 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles or MRAPs, built to counter roadside bombs; 1,795 M16 rifles (5.56mm), the U.S. military’s combat weapon of choice; 696 M14 rifles (7.62 mm); 530 bayonet and scabbards; 165 utility trucks; 32 12-gauge, riot-type shotguns; nine grenade launchers; and three observation helicopters.

SOURCE: http://www.freep.com/interactive/article/20140817/NEWS06/140726001/database-militarization-police-michigan

Gee. How nice. How much money did your county receive to buy nice things? Nice pull-down menu there which breaks down amount of Pentagon money coming in, by state and county.