![]() ![]() ![]() “Back when the last hurricane hit, there was a lot of this stuff we could have used.”īefore the wrath of Hurricane Harvey, that may have seemed like a stretch.īut when the storm dumped more than 50 inches of water over Southeast Texas last August, law enforcement agencies like Alvin came to the rescue with their ambush-protected vehicles, Humvees and five-ton trucks all obtained through a controversial Department of Defense excess property giveaway program.ĭubbed “1033” after the section of law that created it, the program has come under criticism for bulking up law enforcement with resources designed for war. “You know, it never hurts to be prepared,” Alvin Police Chief Robert Lee said last summer. The city of 26,000 also has six reconnaissance robots, a mine-resistant vehicle, six mine-detecting sets and three $14,000 army combative kits-all military hand-me-downs acquired since 2014. ![]() Nestled in Texas’ southern Brazoria County, the city of Alvin boasts a quaint historic depot, 12 grassy city parks and a red-brick community college along its neat gridwork of tree-lined streets. ![]()
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