Submitted by twig on Wed, 08/15/2012 - 2:16pm
Three battalions of Marines (about 1,500, all military police) are being trained to take on civilian law enforcement duties, such as “helping control civil disturbances, handling detainees, carrying out forensic work, and using biometrics to identify suspects.“
The cover story is that the new, improved Marines will be sent to “allied countries,” where they will assist in “securing crime scenes and building cases so criminals end up behind bars and not back out on the streets because of mistakes.” Read below the fold...
