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Best Laid Plans

by Josh Marshall
10.06.09 | 5:28 am

Remember that American Police Force deal to run that jail in Hardin, MT? Turns out people weren’t totally paranoid. In addition running the jail, the contract included provisions giving APF the right to take over law enforcement functions in the town. That would have been fun. And now the town leaders have decided to put the whole deal on ice.

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