SPRINGFIELD - The Department of Defense's 1033 program provides military surplus gear — including weapons — to police departments.

The graphic below illustrates the number of weapons requested through the program relative to each Massachusetts community's number of violent crimes in 2012, according to the FBI's NIBRS data. The weapons requested data is according to the Department of State Police, responding to a public records request by Muckrock.com asking for all weapons received through the 1033 program in Massachusetts.

Data is not comprehensive of all weapons received through the 1033 program in Massachusetts. It does not include all departmental weapons, which may be purchased through other methods, but only those requested through the 1033 program.

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