Feds' Funding of NH Police Departments. Strings Attached?

[joeyforpresident]

Check out how much these departments are going to get:

+ $125,000 - Rochester Police Dept's "training equipment."
+ $105,000 - Portsmouth Police Dept.'s "digital radio encryption."
+ $80,000 - Portsmouth PD's "evidence equipment."
+ $235,000 - Dover PD's "equipment and training."



From my new blog that I launched today, SnowRevolt.com

Carol Shea-Porker
March 9, 2009

The Monday, March 9 issue of the Union-Leader takes Congresswoman Carol Shea-Porker to task for how much money some of her district's police departments are receiving care of the federal largess.


    "Is it really the federal government's job to train and equip local police departments?"

It is if you want your police to be arms of the federal government (I'd hate to see the strings attached on this funding...)

That was a question the UL had when they reported on Page A8 that Shea-Porker supplied local police departments with federal pork-barrel spending.

For example, the UL Editorial Board listed these:

+ $125,000 - Rochester Police Dept's "training equipment."
+ $105,000 - Portsmouth Police Dept.'s "digital radio encryption."
+ $80,000 - Portsmouth PD's "evidence equipment."
+ $235,000 - Dover PD's "equipment and training."

SnowRevolt.com is a supporter of law enforcement, but encroaching federal involvement is definitely a reason to scrutinze...
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[AntonLee]

I was reading until the whole 'support of law enforcement' thing.  I find it funny that you name your blog snowREVOLT when any such revolt would most likely include police officers on the other side.  They're not looking to join your club.

[Kat Kanning]

You know Homeland Security was handing out grants for road cameras and things like urban tanks also?  Manchester got one of those tank things.

[Porcupine_in_MA]

You know Homeland Security was handing out grants for road cameras and things like urban tanks also?  Manchester got one of those tank things.

I saw one of them driving down one of the streets here and it looks straight out of that movie "Brazil".

[Free libertarian]

trickle down fascism?