The 1033 Program

Rules and Restrictions  |  Application Procedures
How to Find Available Items  |  Questions?

The 1033 Program (formerly the 1208 Program) permits the Secretary of Defense to transfer, without charge, excess U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) personal property (supplies and equipment) to State and local law enforcement agencies (LEAs).

The 1033 Program has allowed law enforcement agencies to acquire vehicles (land, air, and sea), weapons, computer equipment, body armor, fingerprint equipment, night vision equipment, radios and televisions, first aid equipment, tents and sleeping bags, photographic equipment, and more.

• The requesting agency must be a government agency whose primary function is the enforcement of laws and whose officers are compensated and have powers of arrest and apprehension.
  
  
• The property must be drawn from existing stocks of the Department of Defense.
  
  
• The receiving agency is responsible for all costs associated with the property after it is transferred, as well as for all shipping or Federal repossession costs.
  
  
• The recipient must accept the property on an as-is, where-is basis.
  
  
• All property is transferred on a first-come, first-served basis.
  
  
• Property may not be sold, leased, rented, exchanged, bartered, used to secure a loan, used to supplement the agency's budget, or stockpiled for possible future use.

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• A State or local law enforcement or corrections official begins the process by writing a letter to the State coordinator, requesting that the agency be accepted for participation in the 1033 program.
  
  
• Upon approval of the request, the State coordinator prepares a Law Enforcement Agency Data Sheet, has it signed by the chief of the law enforcement agency, and sends it to the U.S. Department of Defense Law Enforcement Support Office (LESO).
  
  
• LESO responds by sending a letter to the agency authorizing designated law enforcement agency officers to screen and receive property at all Defense Reutilization and Marketing Offices (DRMOs). In some States, all screening and acquisition of property is performed at the State level.

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There are three methods of screening excess property. The first is physically visiting DRMOs and looking over the excess property displayed. In the Wash Post method, DRMO assumes accountability for the item at the place where it has been declared excess, such as an Army post, and documents its release to an agency at that time.

The inventory listings of the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) may also be accessed through their web site: http://wex.drms.dla.mil/

For instructions on how to navigate the DRMS web site please contact your State coordinator or Regional NLECTC representative listed below.

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If you have questions on the 1033 program, please contact:

NLECTC-Southeast
Kenneth Dover (kdover@nlectc-se.org) at 888-874-5854.

NLECTC-Northeast
Robert DeCarlo (robert.decarlo@rl.af.mil) at 888-338-0584.

NLECTC-West
Sean Reeves (reeves@law-west.org) at 310-336-5437.

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Last updated: March 12, 2007