DHS has steadily been giving out this equipment for years and expects it’s ‘donations’ to justified by seeing the local departments using it in the field.
This means police departments that have it are going to use it.
Then DHS can say, ‘See? The fact that it’s being used is proof that it was needed.’
There are certain people that are pleased to see this becoming the norm.
You can’t give a monkey a hammer and expect it to not start using it for everything under the sun.