Hawaii purchase $77,000 worth of rifles for Sheriff's

[GOYABEAN]

Dozens of rifles bought for deputy sheriffs collecting dust because they violate policy

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Taxpayers have built an arsenal of long guns for the Public Safety Department in recent years, but dozens of those firearms are just collecting dust in the armory because the state’s own policy doesn’t allow them to be used, Hawaii News Now has learned.

Since 2016, Public Safety has spent more than $77,000 worth to buy 96 Sig Sauer rifles.

Receipts show $18,000 was spent on one bulk purchase, $19,000 for two other buys, and then a $20,000 order.

But a state policy that’s been around since 1995 says only Colt A-R 15 rifles are allowed to be used by deputy sheriffs.





http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2019/04...n-distributed/

[Krichardson]

Interesting,I wonder how a policy came to be that only a certain brand could be used...and in that case why another brand was purchased?

[GOYABEAN]

Interesting,I wonder how a policy came to be that only a certain brand could be used...and in that case why another brand was purchased?

Kick backs for some politician and government love spending tax payers money .

[BRS]

They could learn from Peduto. He doesn’t let state law stand in the way of getting what he wants.

[Statkowski]

Interesting,I wonder how a policy came to be that only a certain brand could be used...and in that case why another brand was purchased?

Because the idiot gun grabbers passing the law didn't know squat about guns.