Trump just reauthorized police to use high-tech military gear - Here's what they can get

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Police force protestors from the business district into nearby neighborhoods on August 11, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on Monday that President Donald Trump plans to loosen federal restrictions on local police agencies obtaining surplus weapons and equipment from the US military. 

The weapons transfer program, called the 1033 Program, was established by Congress in 1990, and has since allowed local law enforcement agencies to acquire more than $5.4 billion in weapons and equipment, according to the Washington Post. 

Former President Barack Obama signed an executive order in 2015 that restricted certain weapons from being transferred, like grenade launchers, because he worried that these weapons and equipment could create an "us versus them" mentality, like in the events in Ferguson, Mo.

When Sessions made the announcement in front of the Fraternal Order of Police, he reportedly received a "roaring applause."

Here's what law enforcement agencies can now get.