April 25, 2014 1:10PM # Police Recruiting Video By [Tim Lynch](https://www.cato.org/people/tim-lynch) --- SHARE The [Springdale (Ark.) Police ](http://www.springdalear.gov/department/police_department/index.php)Department put together a recruitment video for new officers. The video is getting some attention—for its militarism. Take a look: ![Media Name: police-recruiting-video-ghillie.jpg](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/pubs_2x/public/wp-content/uploads/police-recruiting-video-ghillie.jpg?itok=F_zuaxQQ) The video shows armored vehicles, flash bang grenades, and (at the 2:30 min. mark) officers dressed in ghillie suits. The over-the-top nature of militarized policing is getting more attention. I was interviewed about another [police recruiting video here](http://www.policemisconduct.net/hobbs-police-dept-commercial/). And see this recent [article](http://www.esquire.com/blogs/news/local-police-tanks?src=nl&mag=esq&list=nl_enl_oth_non_041214_local-police) in *Esquire*, for example. More than any organization (at least that I’m aware of), Cato has been [sounding](https://www.cato.org/publications/briefing-paper/warrior-cops-ominous-growth-paramilitarism-american-police-departments) [the](https://www.cato.org/publications/white-paper/overkill-rise-paramilitary-police-raids-america) [alarm](https://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/deployed-us-creeping-militarization-home-front) about this disturbing trend. ##### Related Tags [Constitutional Law](https://www.cato.org/constitutional-law), [Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies](https://www.cato.org/robert-levy-center-constitutional-studies) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).