Not the same organization. The Tribune article is about a 2 helicopter operation in Kankakee. Winthrop Harbor is in Lake County and is a legitimate operation.VoiceofReason wrote:ELB wrote:At this link there is a way to see what excess military equipment various law enforcement agencies have received from the DoD via the now famous (infamous?) 1033 program.
https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/ ... -giveaway/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Man, my county (Guadalupe) is way behind. No MRAPS, no helicopters, no NVGs -- in fact, all I can find is the Seguin PD got two 5.56 rifles. I don't see any of our other towns or cities on the list. New Braunfels is really in Comal county, butoverlaps our county a little bit, but all they got were a five .45 pistols and a couple utility trucks. I also note that the list for "Texas" actually includes a lot of federal agencies that are located in Texas, like the INS and the Border Patrol.
Compare with "Since 2006, police in Winthrop Harbor, Ill., a village of 6,700 along the shore of Lake Michigan, has received 10 helicopters, one mine-resistant armored vehicle and two Humvees, and other equipment, worth more than $6.5 million."
I'd like to see where those helicopters are today...
Austin PD picked up quite a bit more. $2M worth. Only one helicopter tho.
ETA: The IRS in El Paso got one night vision sight. ??http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012 ... hy-swanson" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;I'd like to see where those helicopters are today...
http://www.whpd.org/leac/index.html