Monday, August 18, 2014

IN CHARTS: The Militarization of America's Police



StateSworn law enforcement officersTotal value of military goods transferredValue of military goods transferred per sworn officer
Alabama11,631117,321,97110,087
Delaware2,13112,483,1785,858
Tennessee15,97688,036,8105,511
Florida46,105252,801,3655,483
District of Columbia4,26221,741,4785,101
New Mexico5,01025,077,9065,006
Kentucky7,83338,672,6674,937
Maine2,56912,048,3904,690
Montana1,9508,943,1354,586
South Carolina11,67449,446,8944,236
Indiana13,17143,153,8733,276
Arkansas6,77921,806,3803,217
Oklahoma8,63926,113,4603,023
New Hampshire2,9368,806,1162,999
North Dakota1,3243,871,1652,924
Georgia26,55174,258,1282,797
Wyoming1,6914,575,1492,706
West Virginia3,3828,970,6512,652
Arizona14,59137,173,7542,548
Idaho3,1467,491,4692,381
Michigan19,00943,557,5522,291
Washington11,41123,543,9772,063
Rhode Island2,8284,812,1441,702
Texas59,21993,960,1171,587
Ohio25,99241,066,9941,580
Illinois41,27763,856,9291,547
Colorado12,06917,701,2861,467
Vermont1,1031,609,6301,459
Nebraska3,7655,430,7881,442
Iowa5,8307,493,0261,285
Missouri14,55417,481,1501,201
California79,43192,199,5951,161
Louisiana18,05020,327,5401,126
South Dakota1,6361,771,1061,083
Virginia22,84824,257,6471,062
Oregon6,6956,891,3361,029
Connecticut8,2817,920,540956
Minnesota9,6678,580,401888
Nevada6,6435,836,318879
North Carolina23,44217,296,017738
Wisconsin13,73010,122,694737
New Jersey33,70424,075,459714
Massachusetts18,34211,878,712648
Alaska1,298706,555544
Kansas7,4504,009,658538
Utah4,7822,264,747474
Maryland16,0137,049,131440
New York66,47224,920,353375
Mississippi7,7071,791,295232
Pennsylvania27,4135,942,289217
Hawaii3,234521,054161

(Data and charts via WaPo)

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