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California, Homeland Security Department, Personal armor, Police, Posse Comitatus Act, Privacy Laws, Security, Surveillance, United States, United States Department of Homeland Security, Unmanned aerial vehicle
The Department of Homeland Security has begun a new program to counsel local police departments on how to buy and use armored vehicles, military helicopters, tanks, humvees, body armor, sniper rifles and even UNMANNED DRONES.
Does anyone actually believe it’s a good idea to use weaponized military vehicles for civilian “surveillance”? Is this really the direction in which we are headed?
Meanwhile…

According to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office the $300,000 ShadowHawk drone, purchased from Vanguard Defense Industries, will take to the skies in the coming months to provide another tool in their law-enforcement arsenal.
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