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United States Police, What?
I'm going to mention a few things here:
#1 Executive Order 12803, Signed by George H. W. Bush on April 30, 1992....
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"Privatization" means the disposition or transfer of an infrastructure asset, such as by sale or by long-term lease, from a State or local government to a private party.
(b) "Infrastructure asset" means any asset financed in whole or in part by the Federal Government and needed for the functioning of the economy. Examples of such assets include, but are not limited to: roads, tunnels, bridges, electricity supply facilities, mass transit, rail transportation, airports, ports, waterways, water supply facilities, recycling and wastewater treatment facilities, solid waste disposal facilities, housing, schools, prisons, and hospitals.
(b) "Infrastructure asset" means any asset financed in whole or in part by the Federal Government and needed for the functioning of the economy. Examples of such assets include, but are not limited to: roads, tunnels, bridges, electricity supply facilities, mass transit, rail transportation, airports, ports, waterways, water supply facilities, recycling and wastewater treatment facilities, solid waste disposal facilities, housing, schools, prisons, and hospitals.
#2 The Privatization of our prison systems...
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Ten years ago there were only five private prisons in the country, with a population of 2,000 inmates; now, there are 100, with 62,000 inmates. It is expected that by the coming decade, the number will hit 360,000, according to reports.
What has happened over the last 10 years? Why are there so many prisoners?
“The private contracting of prisoners for work fosters incentives to lock people up. Prisons depend on this income. Corporate stockholders who make money off prisoners’ work lobby for longer sentences, in order to expand their workforce. The system feeds itself,” says a study by the Progressive Labor Party, which accuses the prison industry of being “an imitation of Nazi Germany with respect to forced slave labor and concentration camps.”
What has happened over the last 10 years? Why are there so many prisoners?
“The private contracting of prisoners for work fosters incentives to lock people up. Prisons depend on this income. Corporate stockholders who make money off prisoners’ work lobby for longer sentences, in order to expand their workforce. The system feeds itself,” says a study by the Progressive Labor Party, which accuses the prison industry of being “an imitation of Nazi Germany with respect to forced slave labor and concentration camps.”
#3 The Privatization of our police forces... 2007
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With the sleeve patch on his black shirt, the 9mm gun on his hip and the blue light on his patrol car, he looked like an ordinary police officer as he stopped the car on a Friday night last month. Watt works, though, for a business called Capitol Special Police. It is one of dozens of private security companies given police powers by the state of North Carolina -- and part of a pattern across the United States in which public safety is shifting into private hands.
In conclusion, an example of how to start your own private police force with all the same rights as government public servants:
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Michael Youlen is a force to be reckoned with—a police force, that is.
Youlen, a former Manassas Police officer and private detective, started his own police force, the Manassas Housing Police Authority, in Manassas just over a year ago.
Through the agency, he is equipped with arresting powers, black unmarked cars, a private dispatch service and the ability to call for mutual assistance from neighboring law enforcement.
The police authority is an independent agency given the same powers by the Virginia Circuit Court as any traditional law enforcement agency, he said.
"The very notion is new to Northern Virginia, but it is not new to Virginia," Youlen said. "We have a very proud history of private police departments in Virginia."
Youlen, a former Manassas Police officer and private detective, started his own police force, the Manassas Housing Police Authority, in Manassas just over a year ago.
Through the agency, he is equipped with arresting powers, black unmarked cars, a private dispatch service and the ability to call for mutual assistance from neighboring law enforcement.
The police authority is an independent agency given the same powers by the Virginia Circuit Court as any traditional law enforcement agency, he said.
"The very notion is new to Northern Virginia, but it is not new to Virginia," Youlen said. "We have a very proud history of private police departments in Virginia."
What's really going on in Ferguson, I wonder? Since apparently, anyone can start a police force now-a-days... How about we all start our own and weed out corruption... Use this bogus ability to act as private cops to do better in the world...
ALSO, what stops a private prison system owner from also creating a private police force? That creates huge crimes against humanity and leaves the door wide open to exploit human lives for money in an even more direct approach than people previously imagined... Grrrr
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Ten years ago there were only five private prisons in the country, with a population of 2,000 inmates; now, there are 100, with 62,000 inmates. It is expected that by the coming decade, the number will hit 360,000, according to reports.
