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With the help of a $285,933 DHS grant, local police in Keene, New Hampshire were all set to purchase a new armored vehicle until local residents got wind of the plan; the citizens of the quiet New Hampshire town of 23,000, which has only seen two murders since 1999, questioned why police needed such an expensive military-type truck and balked at the militarization of a local force; with federal counterterrorism money continuing to pour into local communities, lawmakers and residents across the country will have to grapple with the same issues as Keene and determine what kind of police force they want to have patrolling the streets
In Keene, N.H., locals oppose military equipment for police
Seeded on Sat Feb 18, 2012 7:07 AM EST
Article Source: homelandsecuritynewswire.com - By Eugene K. Chow- Enjoy this article? Help vote it up the 'Vine.
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“The police are already pretty brutal,” Mike Clark, a twenty-seven year old resident of Keane, saidin an interview with the Huffington Post. “The last thing they need is this big piece of military equipment to make them think they’re soldiers.”
Clark, who currently faces charges of criminal mischief and claims to have been roughed up by local police, grew incensed when he heard the City Council was moving to approve the proposal for an armored truck.
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