July 23rd, 2012If you think that this is exclusively for deployment abroad, I've got a bridge to sell ya.
Via:
AP:
The Marine Corps has created its first law-enforcement battalions consolidated units of military police officers trained to investigate a variety of crimes. Combat in Iraq and Afghanistan has underscored the relevance of such a force, as Marines have increasingly found themselves playing street cop in addition to combat duties.
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The battalions will be capable of helping control civil disturbances, handling detainees, carrying out forensic work, and using biometrics to identify suspects. Durham said they could assist local authorities in allied countries in securing crime scenes and building cases so criminals end up behind bars and not back out on the streets because of mistakes.
"Over the past 11 years of combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, some lessons learned painfully, there has been a growing appreciation and a demand for, on the part of the war-fighter, the unique skills and capabilities that MPs bring to the fight," Durham said. "We do enforce traffic laws and we do write reports and tickets, and that's good, but we do so much more than that."
Durham said the Marine Corps plans to show off its new battalions in Miami later this month at a conference put on by the Southern Command that is expected to be attended by government officials from Central American countries, such as Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Belize.
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The police are getting militarized and the military is taking on policing. This can only end badly. Talk about mission creep.
Quote:This can only end badly.
Understatement of the decade!! It is all pointing to one thing - and that is NOT good!!!!, in fact, the ultimate evil from which I fear there may be be any way to return to a civil society. The time to [RE]act was long ago....but no latter than NOW!
Magda Hassan Wrote:The police are getting militarized and the military is taking on policing. This can only end badly. Talk about mission creep.
I remember speaking to the chair of the Falklands War British Veterans Association in the late 90s, when Paras and Marines were being deployed in "peacekeeping missions" across southern Europe and Africa, and civilians were fairly routinely getting shot during such deployments.
This man was a former Para, who had been severely injured in combat.
He said to me (I paraphrase from memory): "Jan, Paras and Marines should never be deployed in peacekeeping missions in civilian areas. They are trained for high intensity combat. where usually you need to act first, and ask questions later. It is unfair on Paras and Marines, and on civilians, to use elite soldiers for such missions."
So, now the US Marine Corps is creating "Law-Enforcement Battalions".
The consequences will be brutal, tragic, and entirely predictable in their horror.
From the link above...[and by no means the best bits...]
Prisoners may be employed in the following types of labor:
o Administration, construction, and maintenance of EPW camps.
o Commercial business, arts and crafts.
o Agriculture.
o Public works, public utilities, and construction that have no military character or purpose.
o Transporting and handling stores that are not military in character or purpose,
o Industries connected with the production or extraction of raw materials, and manufacturing industries, with the exception of metallurgical machinery, and chemical industries.
o Domestic service.
For the purpose of this lesson, the broader use of the word "detainee" applies to Enemy Prisoners of War (EPWs), Civilian Internees (CIs), Retained Persons (RPs), and other classification terms for US-controlled persons unless otherwise specified. Use of specific detainee classifications does not preclude protections granted according to Geneva Conventions I through IV (1949), Department of Defense (DoD) Directive 5100.77, or protections promulgated under paragraph 1-5 of Army Regulation (AR) 190-8. MP leaders and Soldiers conducting Internment/Resettlement (I/R) operations must maintain task proficiency for each category. For the purposes of this subcourse, detainee operations are defined as operations that take or keep selected individuals in custody as a result of military operations to control their movement and activity and/or gain intelligence.:darthvader::unclesam: