Sheriffs Criticize Fed Recall of Armored Vehicles

An executive order from President Barack Obama is demanding the return of tracked armored personnel carriers to the Defense Department from both Oakland and Macomb county law enforcement agencies.

The controversial move is an effort by the White House to ease tensions between police and minority communities.

Many in local law enforcement and government, including Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel and Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard, see the move as shortsighted and potentially putting officers in harm’s way, The Oakland Press and The Macomb Daily report.

The deadline for returning these items, and others, is early December.