Limits on surplus military equipment for Sheriff’s Office approved after lots of changes
The ordinance by Commissioner Tami Sawyer, seen here in 2019, passed on a 10-3 vote. (Daily Memphian file)
The ordinance allows the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office and Emergency and Homeland Security to acquire some surplus military hardware for protection and natural disasters. But most military hardware offered by the federal government requires a majority vote of the commission.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.
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