Dewey Beach brought into focus the sheer amount of surplus that some small police departments have been given in the past five years.
The official count of 2017 LESO participants is 32, but all told 36 received surplus over five years from 2013-2017, since some departments do not request something every year.
For the five years 2013-2017, the 12 top police agencies are Harrington, Laurel, Dewey Beach, the Delaware State Police, Delmar, DNR Parks and Recreation, Selbyville, Georgetown, the New Castle County police, Cheswold, New Castle City police and Wyoming.
Harrington was given 1,128 line items. Some, like cable, would be measured in feet or yards on a single spool. Some other lines had multiples of the same item, like 12 cold weather jackets or 10 first-aid kits.
Surplus received, by line item:
.
.
2013-16
2017
13-16 Avg
Total
Harrington
983
145
246
1128
Laurel
622
273
156
895
Dewey
463
43
116
506
DSP
382
60
96
442
Delmar
245
49
61
294
DNR Parks-Rec
197
33
49
230
Selbyville
176
52
44
228
Georgetown
152
25
38
177
NCC PD
122
116
31
238
Cheswold
103
2
26
105
New Castle City
101
15
25
116
Wyoming
80
0
20
80
This spreadsheet contains all the equipment that could be sold or given away, for the years 2013-2017. Each list is grouped by NSN, or federal stock number.