In response to growing calls to “defund the police,” the University of Maryland (UMD) said its police department will no longer participate in a federal program that transfers surplus military equipment to law enforcement agencies.
Newly appointed UMD President Darryll Pines announced the change on the first day of his tenure, saying in a statement that he “wholeheartedly” supports that campus police withdraw from what is commonly known as the 1033 program.
