Police across the country are shipping extra riot gear to Ukrainian defense forces.
police departments have donated equipment like vests to U.S. troops before deployment, but the transfers to Ukraine are very unusual, Vice reported. Chuck Wexler, the executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum, told Vice: “Honest to God I have no idea how often this is done or who does it.
the Pentagon had requested such donations from civilian police agencies, Vice reported both the State Department and Pentagon denied any such program existed. Global Ordnance, the contractor in question, appears to have in fact been soliciting the donations of its own volition. Its vice president for human resources Carrie Morales told Vice the company was carrying out “humanitarian efforts.”, while one for the State Department said it had “made no such request.
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