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来源类型 | Report |
规范类型 | 报告 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.7249/RR2464 |
来源ID | RR-2464-OSD |
An Evaluation of the Department of Defense's Excess Property Program: Law Enforcement Agency Equipment Acquisition Policies, Findings, and Options | |
Aaron C. Davenport; Jonathan W. Welburn; Andrew Lauland; Annelise Pietenpol; Marc Robbins; Erin Rebhan; Patricia Boren; K. Jack Riley | |
发表日期 | 2018-05-14 |
出版年 | 2018 |
语种 | 英语 |
结论 | Amount and value of transfers
Types of items transferred
Suspensions and terminations
DoD repurchase of "excess" equipment
Program perceptions
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摘要 | The Defense Logistics Agency's (DLA's) Law Enforcement Support Office (LESO) provides excess Department of Defense property — everything from desks to rifles to airplanes — to local, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement agencies (LEAs) across the United States. Because of the sensitive nature of some of the material transferred to LEAs, LESO has been the subject of congressional, Government Accountability Office, and public scrutiny for almost two decades. Recent events — including the 2014 Ferguson, Missouri, protests — increased interest in the program. Opponents of the program argued that LESO was at least partially responsible for what they perceived to be an increased militarization of the police, while proponents believed that this program not only made police and citizens safer but exemplified good stewardship of taxpayer dollars. The 2017 National Defense Authorization Act required an evaluation of the LESO program, which provides thousands of LEAs with millions of dollars of excess property annually. The authors of this report find that LESO manages an efficient program that effectively reuses excess property, benefits the law enforcement community, responds diligently to oversight, and is faithful to congressional intent. However, these efforts are unlikely to resolve perceptions that the program contributes to the militarization of police. Defining what is or is not appropriate militarization of police forces and addressing concerns of how the excess property is employed and its effect on community policing is beyond the authority of DLA. This report presents three optional paths ahead. |
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主题 | Civil-Military Relations ; Military Equipment ; National Defense Authorization Act ; Police-Community Relations ; United States Department of Defense |
URL | https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2464.html |
来源智库 | RAND Corporation (United States) |
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资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/523546 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Aaron C. Davenport,Jonathan W. Welburn,Andrew Lauland,et al. An Evaluation of the Department of Defense's Excess Property Program: Law Enforcement Agency Equipment Acquisition Policies, Findings, and Options. 2018. |
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