[lbo-talk] Police Departments Turn to Private Money

[Dwayne Monroe]

[Some of you may remember the 1987 science fiction
movie "Robocop".  One of the underlying themes of the
film was corporate ownership of the Detroit Police
Dept and the conflicts of interest this created.  

Welcome to the future of law enforcement.]

Police Departments Turn to Private Money 

(AP) - In the nearly two years since the World Trade
Center attack, the Police Department has posted
detectives overseas, taught officers exotic languages
and acquired a mobile lab to detect chemical or
biological attacks — all of it courtesy of Pfizer,
Motorola and other donors. The money is contributed to
the New York City Police Foundation, a little-noticed
charity whose marriage of philanthropy and public
safety is being replicated nationwide. More ...  

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full at

http://news.yahoo.com/fc?tmpl=fc&cid=34&in=us&cat=police_and_law_enforcement

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