I have been pretty vocal with my objections to some of the military equipment every little berg was supplied with about seven years ago. It may have happened under Bush, so if it has been more than seven years.
The door was opened after 9/11. Government blurred the lines on limits on civilian police. The Patriot Act was turned into a tool of nuttiness under Obama.
We need POLs who can still see what is important. Bureaucraps seldom give up power without a fight. They all think they know better than the public how life should be lived. Headshake.