Army-sponsored report suggests new 'police force'

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Domestic agents could be used in 'shaping an environment before a conflict'


Posted: January 20, 2010

9:16 pm Eastern

By Michael Carl
© 2010 WorldNetDaily

A newly released Rand Corporation report proposes the federal government create a rapid deployment "Stabilization Police Force" that would be tasked with "shaping an environment before a conflict" and restoring order in times of war, natural disaster or national emergency.




But civil libertarians are worried just exactly what the force would do, domestically or overseas.



Page 16 of the 213-page report says the new elite unit's purpose depends on where it is and who would be in command.



"The answer to this question (about its purpose) depends on the situation into which an SPF might be inserted. The SPF could be used for missions such as: shaping an environment before a conflict; law enforcement duties in an active conflict environment; or security, stability, transition and reconstruction (SSTR) operations after a conflict. It could operate as an independent entity under a U.S. ambassador or a U.N. Senior Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG), or as a force element reporting to a Joint Task Force (JTF) commander," the report states.



The purpose statement doesn't say where the new unit would be deployed. However, Rand Corporation report co-author Terry Kelly said the Army-commissioned study primarily focuses on a force that would be sent overseas.


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