Letter: We should be concerned about where police get their war gear

The Jim Winder article got me thinking. Where would police departments get most of their equipment? Would they use the budget from Unified Police Department? Would the government give them money? Or would they use the 1033 program? If they choose to do the latter, it will be more terrifying to the people in the community because it provides weapons that were made for war. The 1033 program allows police departments to get surplus military equipment, from microwaves and radios to rifles and drones