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08-01-2012, 03:50 PM
In the coming weeks, J. P. Bottega of the Santa Cruz Sheriff's Office plans to donate out of date police gear to police in the Dominican Republic as part of a wider effort to help police there.
It includes gas masks, black riot helmets, radio holders and bulletproof vests.
Leon Alter, president of the International Law and Security Association, has been organizing the donations from New York City police, Canadian law enforcement and other agencies. The small group has former military members from several counties who now live in Cabarete.
Alter said the group is trying to help police because they lack sufficient government funding.
"The local police here earn approximately $150 per month and can barely pay for their own food, let alone a pair of handcuffs or a bulletproof vest, wrote Alter. "We are doing our best to outfit and improve the manner in which the local police operate."
www.sacbee.com/2012/07/21/4647790/law-enforcement-equipment-to-be.html (http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/21/4647790/law-enforcement-equipment-to-be.html)
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It includes gas masks, black riot helmets, radio holders and bulletproof vests.
Leon Alter, president of the International Law and Security Association, has been organizing the donations from New York City police, Canadian law enforcement and other agencies. The small group has former military members from several counties who now live in Cabarete.
Alter said the group is trying to help police because they lack sufficient government funding.
"The local police here earn approximately $150 per month and can barely pay for their own food, let alone a pair of handcuffs or a bulletproof vest, wrote Alter. "We are doing our best to outfit and improve the manner in which the local police operate."
www.sacbee.com/2012/07/21/4647790/law-enforcement-equipment-to-be.html (http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/21/4647790/law-enforcement-equipment-to-be.html)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#6)