American Police Force Corporation

[TxD]

What am I missing here?
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American Police Force Corporation Takes Over Small Town Police Force and Prisoner-Less Jail

HARDIN, Mont. (CBS/AP) This is the strange story of how American Police Force, a little known company which claims to specialize in training military and security forces overseas, has seemingly taken control of a $27 million, never-used jail, and a rural Montana town's nonexistent police force.

After arriving in this tiny city with three Mercedes SUVs marked with the logo of a police department that has never existed, representatives of the obscure California security company said preparations were under way to take over Hardin's jail, which has no prisoners......

And on Friday came the revelation the company's operating agreement for the facility has yet to be validated - two weeks after city leaders first unveiled what they said was a signed agreement.

Still, some Hardin leaders said the deal to turn over the 464-bed jail remained on track.....

But the company's flashy arrival this week stirred new questions. The logo on the black Mercedes SUVs said “City of Hardin Police Department.”

Yet the city has not had a police force of its own for 30 years.......

Hilton also said he planned a helicopter tour of the region in coming days to look at real estate for a planned tactical military training ground. He said 5,000 to 10,000 acres were needed to complement the training center, a $17 million project....


Little has been revealed to date about American Police Force. The company was incorporated in California in March, soon after Hardin's empty jail gained notoriety after city leaders suggested it could be used for the Guantanamo Bay terrorism detainees.

Members of Montana's congressional delegation say they have been closely monitoring the events in Hardin, but the city has largely been going it alone.

In the two years since the jail was built, city leaders have clashed repeatedly with the administration of Gov. Brian Schweitzer, who opposed efforts to bring in out-of-state prisoners....

On Friday, American Police Force announced its first local hire: a reporter for the Billings Gazette, Becky Shay, who has covered events surrounding the jail since its construction. She will be the company's spokeswoman for $60,000 a year.

Shay said she intended to bring new transparency to the process, but declined to directly answer the first question posed to her: Where is American Police Force getting the money to operate the jail and build the training center?

“I know enough about where the money is coming from to be confident signing on with them,” she said.....

Gazette Editor Steve Prosinski said he was first informed about Shay's decision to leave the paper on Friday. “We weren't aware that she was talking with them about employment,” he said.

[Pete92FS]

The beginning of Obama's Gestapo? Maybe that's where they are going to send the people that don't pay for the mandated health insurance we're about to be hit with.

[Purplehood]

I wonder who the new Czar of Police for Hardin will be? Sorry, I meant Chief.

[gregthehand]

Sounds like the company Ravenwood in the television show Jericho.

[joe817]

Sounds like the company Ravenwood in the television show Jericho.

Boy howdy, it sure does! I loved that series. I wish they'd bring it back.

Maybe it's a CIA black ops operation to transfer Gitmo people to that facility?

[PBratton]

My guess: It's the new Gitmo.

[The Annoyed Man]

American Police Force Corporation's website...

[Fangs]

I couldn't resist....

[android]

American Police Force Corporation's website...

Doesn't look like cops to me, more like mercenaries.

[The Annoyed Man]

I couldn't resist....

That's why I posted the link to their website. Your observation is spot on.

[Purplehood]

Blackwater change their name?

[USA1]

i sure will be glad when these next 1207 days are over .
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[LaserTex]

i sure will be glad when these next 1207 days are over .
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Do you really think that there will be anything left of America in 1207 days? Based on the last 9 months...I am NOT confident about that. At some point in the next 2 - 3 years, all of that extra money printing will be taking a huge chuck of everyone's butt due to inflation. It is inevitable.

Doug

[DrBillC]

Can't attest to the accuracy of the reports but some more tidbits here:

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and here:

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A search on American Police Force Corporation reveals only this news item and those related; it does not turn up a corporate Web site. Reports refer to http://www.dpsna.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; as the Website. Pointing my browser there returns this message:

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Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

And, a Google search on that http://www.dpsna.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; returns a blurb:
Defense Product Solutions
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PROVIDING THE WORLD'S FINEST MILITARY EQUIPMENT. 9. SKIP INTRO 8. PROVIDING THE WORLD'S FINEST MILITARY EQUIPMENT. Defense Product Solutions.
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Very strange...and of much concern.

[Purplehood]

I think that this entity is going to die on the vine. If it were to miraculously survive, it might morph into the Administration's private Military force that some have been conjecturing about.