(NEW YORK POST) Los Angeles school police said Tuesday they would give up three grenade launchers they acquired for free through a federal program now facing mounting scrutiny for supplying local agencies with military-grade equipment, the LA Times newspaper reported.
The move follows scrutiny over the Department of Defense’s program, begun in 1991, which gives unused equipment to police forces across the US, including ones that serve school districts.
The Los Angeles School Police Department, which serves the nation’s second-largest school system, would keep 61 rifles and an armored vehicle built to withstand roadside bombs, the newspaper said.
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