Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio forced to return military-grade weapons, vehicles

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/arizona-sheriff-joe-arpaio-forced-to-return-military-grade-weapons-vehicles/



Maricopa County General Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio forced to return military-grade weapons, vehicles
Arturo Garcia
17 Sep 2014

Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio downplayed his department’s impending loss of military-grade weaponry that he was defending just last month, KTVK-TV reported.

“It really doesn’t mean anything,” Arpaio said at a press conference on Tuesday. “Look at the handguns. They probably don’t work anyway. We have plenty of our own.”

Arpaio and the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Department have four months to return about 200 weapons, including M-16 and M-14 rifles, as well as two armored vehicles, five helicopters, and 158 pairs of night vision goggles they have acquired through the Defense Department’s Excess Property Program, commonly known as the “1033 program.”

The department will reportedly ask for an extension on one of the helicopters, saying that one they ordered as a replacement will not be ready until March 2015.

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