After the recent events in Ferguson, MO, there's been a lot of conversation about whether the government should continue its practice of giving military gear to local law enforcement agencies.
Where did law enforcement militarization begin in the US, we should be wondering.
According to Robert Slayton, a Chapman University professor we should be looking back to the 1950s and LAPD Chief William Parker.
When Chief Parker took over the department, a number of changes took place:
First, they started hiring officers based on merit (as opposed to the former "old boy network" or who knew who within the city's political ranks).
Parker started …
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