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May 3, 2012
LONDON — Giant US military-industrial company Kellogg Brown Root (KBR) is in the running to win a slice of a controversial £1.5 billion (US$2.43 billion) contract to transform the West Midlands and Surrey police forces in Britain, The (London) Times reported.
Hailed as the largest police privatization scheme in the UK, it has been suggested the private companies who win the contract will be tasked to perform several police functions — including patrols, detention and criminal investigation.
KBR, a former subsidiary of the Halliburton group, has attracted its share of criticism over the large contracts it won with the US government during the recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The corporation also helped to build the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.
The Times reported that it was among four groups shortlisted to win the British police contract, a number whittled down from more than 200.
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Privatization is a terrible idea. If a public organization is risk-averse, politically-correct, and allergic to lawsuits; a private organization will be much more so. I’m sure you can think of many other reasons this is a bad idea. But right off the bat I can see that serving the public will take a back seat to the ‘health-and-safety’ of their private employees. Can’t have those private employees getting injured on the job and costing the company money now can we?