Oops! Northwoods Mercenaries Hired To Patrol Drilling Site - -Not Properly Licensed to Operate in WI

[kpete]

WED JUL 10, 2013 AT 03:42 PM PDT
Oops! Northwoods Mercenaries Not Properly Licensed to Operate in WI
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Bulletproof Securities, the out of state company hired by GTac to patrol their drilling site, is not properly licensed in Wisconsin!




Armed guards at mine site stand down while Bulletproof seeks state license
Guards had been on patrol for a week
By Jason Stein of the Journal Sentinel Updated: 5:47 p.m.

Madison — An out-of-state security company providing armed guards for a proposed mining site in northern Wisconsin is standing down for now after it was revealed that the firm isn't licensed to provide private security inside Wisconsin.

A spokesman for mining firm Gogebic Taconite LLC said Wednesday that his firm had asked Bulletproof Securities to withdraw its guards from the proposed mine area until it obtains a license to operate in the state. Informed by a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Wednesday that the security firm was unlicensed, the district attorney for Iron County also said that he would look into the matter.

The decision by Gogebic to pull back the guards was a change from the mining company's stance of just a day before, when spokesman Bob Seitz said Gogebic was keeping Bulletproof's paramilitary-style guards at the site despite criticism from mine opponents. The Bulletproof guards had been operating at the mine site since July 4 without the proper state license, Seitz acknowleged.

"Until they get the license we've had them stand down. They were unaware apparently that they needed that...This isn't a normal thing for any of us, I guess," Seitz said.


MORE:
http://www.jsonline.com/news/firm-providing-armed-security-at-mine-site-may-not-be-licensed-here-b9951985z1-214953381.html
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/10/1222633/-Oops-Northwoods-Mercenaries-Not-Properly-Licensed-to-Operate-in-WI

"Any person, acting as a private detective, investigator or private security person, or who employs any person who solicits, advertises or performs services in this state as a private detective or private security person, or investigator or special investigator, without having procured the license or permit required by this section, may be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500 or imprisoned not less than 3 months nor more than 6 months or both. Any agency having an employee, owner, officer or agent convicted of the above offense may have its agency license revoked or suspended by the department. Any person convicted of the above offense shall be ineligible for a license for one year."

https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/440/II/26/8

[kestrel91316]

1. "Oops!" said the jackbooted thugs.

[Ed Suspicious]

2. What kind of language is that? "We had them stand down." It even sounds military. Like lets say

you were stopping remodeling work on your property until you get the proper permit... would you have the construction crew "stand down?" I don't think that's how normal people would phrase that.

[grntuscarora]

3. *snort*

Take off the costumes, kids. The jig is up.

[Initech]

4. Why does the mining industry get a private army? What is wrong with this picture?

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[Cirque du So-What]

5. Iron ore

although the point is no less valid - especially when viewed through the lens of history, which shows that mining companies have used private armies (i.e., Pinkerton) to oppress workers, stifle dissent, and murder when they deemed it necessary.

[Mopar151]

6. Mine Police

As I posted in another thread on this topic - if the phrase "Mine Police" does'nt give you a queasy knot in the pit of your stomach, you're not paying attention.