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	Police Department, Milwaukee County Genealogy
		The present sensational shake-up in the police department, resignations of some of the oldest officers at the demand of Mayor Hoan, and the loss of the services of Chief Janssen, owing to illness after breaking all records for the length of service, bring up memories of other stirring days in the history of the department.
		H was there when the council convened and dropped a bomb into the Brown crowd in the form of a communication in which he told the aldermen that he was in his office and was attending to the duties of his office.
		The men who served as police chiefs before 1885, when the present law governing the board of fire and police commissioners was created, owned their jobs to politics and were never sure when their terms would end.
	www.linkstothepast.com /milwaukee/police.html (4170 words)

	International Police Cooperation —History of, (by Mathieu Deflem)
		International police organizations with broad international representation were not formed until police institutions had become sufficiently autonomous from the political centers of their respective national states to function as relatively independent professional bureaucracies.
		Aware of the politically sensitive nature of anarchism, the anti-anarchist meetings in Rome and St. Petersburg purposely conceived of anarchism as a strictly criminal matter, the enforcement of which was to be handled at the administrative level by police institutions.
		Police institutions achieved this position of autonomy on the basis of the development of a purposive-rational logic to employ the most efficient means given certain objectives of crime control.
	www.cas.sc.edu /socy/faculty/deflem/zhistorintpolency.html (2758 words)

	POLITICAL POLICE IN THE SOVIET UNION \| Abstracts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The attempt at unification, however, encouraged the mixing of regular and political policing tactics in the early and mid-1930s, eventually blurring boundaries between regular and political crime.
		This definition of "incorrigible" criminals emerged from ad-hoc responses of the combined political and regular polices to the social disorder of the early 1930s rather than from Bolshevik ideology or "modern" ideas of policing imported from European countries.
		I will examine policing in the Western Siberian krai, or district, in the context of broader trends in the country and within central state and political institutions during the 1930s.
	www.casdn.neu.edu /~nkvd/abstracts.html (1650 words)

	Ten Years Security Police and SD, Published in Die Deutsche Polizei, 1 February 1943
		The State Police Bureaus were separated from their organizational connection with the District Government or the police administrations of the State and appointed as independent authorities of the Secret State Police, in the spring of 1934 by a circular decree of the Prime Minister and the Chief of the Secret State Police.
		The term "Secret State Police" was decreed by the Reichsfuehrer SS and Chief of the German Police on 28 August 1936 in the process of establishing uniformity for all the political police forces of the federal states and their organization adapted to the one existing in Prussia by the creation of State Police Bureaus.
		The Chiefs of the State Police Bureaus assumed the functions of the political executive with the current "Oberpraesident" (later on also with the Reich Governor), that is the president of the Government, according to the decree of the Reich and Prussian Ministers of the Interior, dated 20 Sept 1936.
	www.ess.uwe.ac.uk /SD1.htm (2179 words)

	Prussian Secret Police - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Karl Ludwig Friedrich von Hinckeldey, the Police President of Berlin was appointed by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV on November 16, 1848.
		But as he saw Paris and London as the centers of political intrigue he was keen to organise the policing of political opponents outside borders of national jurisdictions.
		The Prussian Secret Police ceased to exist in 1933 with the founding of the Gestapo and was never formed again since Prussia, as both a country and a state of Germany, no longer exists.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prussian_Secret_Police (350 words)

	Political Police
		I hope to expose the shortfalls in the modern Police service that have been created by senior officers who have climbed into bed with the Politicians in order to further their own careers or future.
		At a time when the law should be getting tougher on criminals who assault Police officers we hear rumours that there are plans to issue fixed penalty notices for this and other violent offences.
		If Police officers are not given protection by means of heavy penalties to those who resist or assault them, then incidents will continue to rise with the no fear of being severely dealt with by the courts.
	politicalpolice.blogspot.com (2547 words)

	NT Police attack political activists
		Police released Gary after his ordeal, but told him he was not allowed to enter Raintree Park until 3pm.
		Two male police officers suffered cuts and bruises and a member of the public was taken to hospital with facial injuries.
		Police are yet to confirm what they have been charged with.
	www.country-liberal-party.com /NAP/pages/Articles_1.htm (1201 words)

	The Dirty Work of Philly's Political Police Part 2: Spying on a New Generation
		The spying of political police was never just to "gather intelligence." It was always done as preparation for suppressing radical forces -- raiding them, framing them, and disrupting them using a range of means, both legal and extralegal.
		In December 1999, "police representatives" were sent from Philadelphia to study the anti-globalization protests (and the brutal police attacks) in Seattle.
		On paper, the political police of the U.S. are sometimes forbidden to conduct certain kinds of operations.
	www.refuseandresist.org /big_brother/021301phillyspies.html (2507 words)

	jameswagner.com: political police thuggery in New York
		Chief Smolka is the police official in charge of southern Manhattan, and oversaw many of the mass arrests made in August before and during the Republican National Convention, including more than 100 arrests of bicyclists at a Critical Mass ride that swelled to include 5,000 riders.
		The police will regularly pull out all stops to keep groups of bicycles off the streets with the formal excuse that they interrupt motor vehicle traffic.
		The police have no interest in these offences unless it serves their political skullduggery; I know this from having watched them ignore even the most outrageous instances, and also from trying to engage an officer's attention to such offences on several occasions.
	jameswagner.com /mt_archives/004852.html (882 words)

	portland imc - police / legal
		Portland police randomly snatched and arrested protesters, and many of them would come out of custody having been hit with batons, with wrist injuries, head injuries, and having been peppersprayed (and sometimes left to sit in it for hours).
		Seems the chief of police is less than pleased that someone has been putting up posters decrying the killing of citizens by cops.
		From the open publishing newswire: Anyone familiar with the police state spin machine need not wait on pins and needles for the grand jury verdict in the Chasse case that was again delayed another week.
	portland.indymedia.org /en/topic/policestate (2797 words)

	The New American - Propagandizing the Police - November 8, 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Lawlor’s reference to the Benjamin Smith case demonstrates that there is a political aspect to Connecticut’s model of "proactive" gun confiscation, since Smith’s abhorrent political views would have played a role in defining him as a threat to others.
		Wilcox, the founder of the Wilcox Collection of Contemporary Political Movements at the University of Kansas, is considered by many academics to be one of the nation’s foremost experts on "fringe" political movements.
		Police are also advised to be wary of citizens who display "excessive concern" over the federal government’s massacre of the Branch Davidians, the murderous federal assault upon the Randy Weaver family in Idaho, or similar abuses of power.
	www.thenewamerican.com /tna/1999/11-08-99/vo15no23_police.htm (4862 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| 'Political police' prompts questions
		At all levels, the police vigorously refute the claim that they were manipulated by the government to press the case for a 90-day maximum on detention without charge of suspected terrorists.
		Twenty years ago, the police were castigated for getting too close to the government of the day in their handling of the miners' strike.
		It may well have influenced the police handling of the early stages of the fuel protests in 2000 when some members of the Cabinet's emergency committee, COBR, accused chief constables of not pursuing a robust enough line with the protesters.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/4429716.stm (513 words)

	Amnesty Magazine
		The existence of the files came to light when Denver police shared them with a neighboring city and copies surfaced, but the Amnesty International activists had long suspected that police were monitoring them.
		Police had falsely listed Stephen Nash and Barbara Levy Cohen (but oddly, not their spouses) as having a direct relationship with an alleged weapons-wielding drug-dealing "outlaw biker" gang.
		In the wake of 9/11, local police and city councils, the Department of Justice, and Congress have been operating at a feverish pace to roll back reforms and oversight instituted to address past abuses.
	www.amnestyusa.org /amnestynow/profiling.html (1930 words)

	Annotated Bibliography of Placer Mining, 1896-1966 - Index
		But, just as America's political campaign reform allowed politicians to pocket big money from special interests, the secret police reform in the Soviets simply resulted in a new style secret police, with a new name.
		In the new constitution the GPU was renamed the OGPU, the Unified State Political Administration (same but even more functions than the GPU) reporting directly to the party's Central Commission, with a commissariat of its own, rather than reporting to the NKVD commissariat.
		The Post-Stalin Police Settlement involved a redistribution of Stalin's political powers for the protection of the political elite (the nomenklatura) from "arbitrary charges" as well as a reassertion of the Communist Party dominance that Stalin had previously reduced by distributing power to government bureaucracies.
	members.tripod.com /~placerstrike/RussiaPolice.html (1346 words)

	Political Affairs Magazine - Canada: RCMP backs murderous Haitian police force
		Two different RCMP officers have been in charge of the United Nations Police Mission (UNPOL): David Beer, who came to Haiti directly from Iraq in May 2004, where he was teaching counter-insurgency tactics, and Graham Muir, who replaced Beer in mid-2005.
		Today, Muir commands a 1,600-strong UNPOL contingent that includes 100 RCMP and Quebec Provincial Police officers, under the mandate of the Brazilian led-UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), which is responsible for training and overseeing the Haitian National Police (HNP).
		These new officers were not loyal to the police hierarchy and system, because that is not how they got their posts.
	www.politicalaffairs.net /article/articleview/3633/1/191 (1334 words)

	RW ONLINE:The Dirty Work of Philly's Political Police
		Philadelphia's top police official, John Timoney, acknowledged that they were agents of the Civil Affairs Unit and claimed that their purpose was "calming things down." Out in the streets, the protesters got a clear sense of how police were working to "calm" them down.
		Long-standing political police units, the "red squads," were expanded--with a special new focus on the radical forces arising to support the struggle of Black people.
		Frank Donner, a researcher into the U.S. political police, reports that Philadelphia's CDU specifically looked for agents with the ability to make contact: "The CDU man was to be selected for his congeniality, 'long fuse,' patience, and maturity--young enough to be able to relate to demonstrators but with sufficient experience to stay cool under pressure.
	rwor.org /a/v22/1080-89/1086/redsquad.htm (2576 words)

	News -- Police ban political rallies, gatherings in Ekiti
		Following last Saturday’s political disturbances in Ado-Ekiti and Ifaki-Ekiti, political rallies and gatherings have been banned in Ekiti State for the next three months.
		The decision to ban such political activities was taken at the security council meeting of the state in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday.
		The police boss stated that all political parties in the state would be duly informed in writing about the decision, adding that anybody or group found flouting the order would be dealt with accordingly.
	odili.net /news/source/2005/jun/3/539.html (348 words)

	Citrus: Police: Political fight ends in arrest
		CRYSTAL RIVER - Alcohol and politics proved a terrible combination for Thomas Marcus Carter on Sunday night, according to a Crystal River police arrest report.
		Police say things got ugly when Carter, a 59-year-old Webster resident, started talking politics with another man at 9:14 p.m.
		He told officers he and the man were drinking beer and talking politics and things got out of control.
	www.sptimes.com /2006/03/07/Citrus/Police__Political_fig.shtml (631 words)

	PORTLAND POLICE INCREASE POLITICAL REPRESSION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Back in the Central Precinct, police asked protesters for information about the "leadership" of the group, as well as questions about their previous political involvement and their likely future political involvement.
		The twenty- plus lawyers who have donated their time and energy to working on this issue know of 23 cases, while the police press release states that 25 were arrested.
		The horses, who face extremely exploitative and cruel treatment themselves as police vehicles, are used at these demonstrations to kick people and push them around.
	www.portlandcopwatch.org /PPR17/iraqdemo.html (681 words)

	7/13/2006 - Political Season: Police Association Backs Ramsey, Long, Miller, Bailes, Tidwell - Happenings - ...
		The members are autonomous, and answer only to themselves and not their respective agencies as to give them an independent voice, without fear of political or internal repercussions.
		In short, these are Your police officers, speaking for themselves and who they think would best serve the public trust.
		It was deemed to be a ‘lose/lose’ situation because of the appearance of impropriety, regardless of political backing or not, for the either the defendants or the officers appearing before these judges.
	www.chattanoogan.com /articles/article_89073.asp (475 words)

	Political and Military Actions
		The victories of the People's Army of Liberation against the reactionary armed forces and the police reached the world as a penetrating sunlight that cannot be stopped by the bloody hands of a dying dictatorship and its imperialist masters.
		In an attempt to discredit this spectacular political and military action by the PCP, the regime and its yellow press reported that "29 workers were kidnaped by Sendero." In reality, a handful of management personnel (most of them from imperialist countries) was detained and later released.
		The few myrmidons (police) and mercenaries of the regime fled in panic, however, the masses captured two individuals who were infiltrated by the army to organize paramilitary rondas.
	www.blythe.org /peru-pcp/newflag/nf9801/edi98.htm (6349 words)

	ACLU of Colorado: Spy Files
		The disclosure of the Denver Police Department's political surveillance files on peaceful protesters influenced the discussion and final text of an ACLU-endorsed Denver City Council resolution that originally was drafted and proposed to confirm the City's commitment to civil liberties in the wake of the U.S.A. Patriot Act.
		The police department's restrictive and cumbersome procedures immediately prompted criticism, particularly the police department's refusal to notify individuals if a file exists and the refusal to permit persons to request their files by mail.
		They reported that in depositions taken in the ACLU's lawsuit, police officials testified that the Denver Police Intelligence unit did not have an official policy in place that barred it from creating and maintaining criminal intelligence files on peaceful protesters who were not suspected of any crime.
	www.aclu-co.org /spyfiles/chronology.htm (3553 words)

	Online NewsHour Update: Suicide Bombings Target Police, Shiite Political Party -- February 24, 2005
		A suicide bomber posing as a police lieutenant gained entry inside a main police compound by flashing a fake badge to security guards at the front gate.
		The suicide attack occurred when police officers were arriving to relieve colleagues working the night shift.
		In northern city of Kirkuk, insurgents ambushed a police patrol where two officers were killed and three were wounded in a roadside bombing.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/updates/iraq_02-24-05.html (509 words)

	Britain: massive increase in political police operations
		Britain’s political police—Special Branch and MI5—are more intrusive than at any other point in history, according to a recent report by Statewatch, the civil liberties group.
		The largest Special Branch unit is that attached to the Metropolitan Police in London, which, in addition to spying on groups and activities in the capital, also assumes a national role.
		It should be noted that almost a decade has passed since these new threats were identified, yet Britain has not been attacked by Islamic extremists despite almost constant warnings by the government to this effect.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2003/sep2003/stat-s08.shtml (769 words)

	The Canadian Association for Free Expression - London Police Act Like Political Police, Free Speech Group Charges (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Police in London, Ontario are acting way outside their mandate and are behaving like a political police force, the Canadian Association for Free Expression charges.
		The letter demanded their presence at a November 21 meeting at London Police Headquarters.
		We believe it is our responsibility to inform and educate the community with respect to the Northern Alliance and its connection to other extremist groups.
	www.canadianfreespeech.com /pr/northern_alliance/index.html (524 words)

	The Militant - April 27, 2004 -- British gov’t extends use of political police
		The nine men, arrested in raids conducted March 30 and April 1 in various towns in southeast England, were held for two weeks without charges under “antiterror laws.” According to the BBC, all nine are of Pakistani origin aged between 17 and 32.
		British authorities made much of the alleged find at one of the addresses of ammonium nitrate fertilizer, which the police claim was planned for use in bomb making.
		Khan condemned the police raid, in which his son was dragged from the house.
	www.themilitant.com /2004/6816/681605.html (1066 words)

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