Not as worried.
What do expect is going to happen? while crime may be at an all time low as a whole, the criminals are far more violent and far more likely to use deadly force against officers.
This is why almost every dept, or county has some form of a swat team. This is why those teams are used more and more often to serve search warrants instead of line officers.
As far as the purchasing of military equipment, this is a dual purpose, the military gets rid of old equipment and gets SOME money for it, while police departments get military grade equipment, for officers whom many are Iraq and Afghanistan vets who know how to use the equipment.
While I do agree most departments don't need Humvee, especially unarmored ones (No one in my county can give me a good reason why two of the departments in my county now have several soft skinned Humvees, or the duce and a half truck at my sheriffs dept.) Some of the equipment such as weapons, comm gear, armor, armored vehicles, and the like are convenient.
For those of you who say this stuff is for a situation that will most likely never happen; YOU WILL MOST LIKELY NEVER USE YOUR CONCEALED WEAPON SO WHY DO YOU NEED IT???? Don't like it when I use you own logic against you? The fact is it is better to be prepared and not have to use it than need it and not have it. While I agree some of this is a waste of money, not all of it is.
While police violating peoples rights, and now having military gear to do so is a worry, most officers outside of major cities are still sane. Most officers have a line they wont cross. Keep you departments in check and constantly demand copies of their budgets and ask your local politicians why the departments bought these things. Maybe they need a smaller budget if they're going to waste money.
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