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DetroitLegalBeagle

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8. Still very much active. Likely expanded since the 90s.
Thu Aug 15, 2019, 12:33 PM
Aug 2019

As many have been actively recruiting from soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as cops, firefighters, and emts.

I do know Michigan police and I have heard police in western and mountain states have contacted local groups to assist in search and rescue operations in remote areas. They sometimes have a better lay of the land then the normal SAR people.

Also, in Michigan, back when the Hutaree where rounded up and arrested, other militias helped out by giving information to the police about them.

[link:https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125856761|]

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