Category view · as of 2026-06-30

Militarization Index: tactical 1033 value per sworn officer, by type and size

Original DoD acquisition value of tactical-classed 1033 equipment an agency has received over the life of the program, divided by its FBI-reported sworn officers. An analysis figure by this site: it measures how intensively an agency has participated in a lawful federal program, not what it holds today, and receiving surplus equipment is not misconduct.

Computed by this site

UnitsPer sworn officer: dollars of tactical acquisition value per sworn officer, an analysis rate. Each bar counts agencies in a value range; the medians and ranges are computed by this site.

Metric definitionTactical acquisition value (transfers received over time, never current inventory) divided by the latest FBI LEE sworn count. Agencies with no recorded 1033 transfers or no confident staffing match are not listed; absence is not a zero claim.^[1]

Each chart has its own scaleA distribution is drawn to its own group and its own value range, so a bar in one group cannot be read against a bar in another. Correctional agencies do not have the volume pattern of municipal police, and neither group is the benchmark for the other.

Groups under 8 are omittedA group with fewer than 8 reporting agencies is dropped rather than drawn, the same floor the report-card engine uses. Every group below states its n.

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Per sworn officer, dollars of tactical acquisition value per sworn officer, an analysis rate.

Pick two or more groups above to compare them side by side.

Municipal police, 1-14 officersn=114

Peer group: Municipal police, 1-14 officers (n=114)

Militarization Index: tactical 1033 value per sworn officer: Municipal police, 1-14 officers
Range	Agencies
0–10000	94
10000–20000	17
20000–30000	2
30000–40000	0
40000–50000	1

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Median 2707.6 · range 0.0–41061.0 · n=114 agencies

Municipal police, 15-29 officersn=26

Peer group: Municipal police, 15-29 officers (n=26)

Militarization Index: tactical 1033 value per sworn officer: Municipal police, 15-29 officers
Range	Agencies
0–5000	19
5000–10000	3
10000–15000	3
15000–20000	1

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Median 1554.7 · range 0.0–17852.1 · n=26 agencies

Municipal police, 30-59 officersn=16

Peer group: Municipal police, 30-59 officers (n=16)

Militarization Index: tactical 1033 value per sworn officer: Municipal police, 30-59 officers
Range	Agencies
0–5000	10
5000–10000	4
10000–15000	2

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Median 3961.9 · range 0.0–12308.7 · n=16 agencies

Sources

[1]DoD 1033 Program transfers (LESO Public Information), New Jersey sheet. Defense Logistics Agency (U.S. Department of Defense). LESO Public Information: DISP_AllStatesAndTerritories, quarterly file as of 2026-06-30; recorded ship dates 1993-2026. Retrieved 2026-07-10. https://www.dla.mil/Disposition-Services/Offers/Law-Enforcement/Public-Information/ Joined with FBI-reported sworn staffing; the index definition is in the methodology. ↩