All articles tagged with #military police
A public inquiry heard that in 2011 the director of UK Special Forces decided not to refer SAS war crimes allegations to the Royal Military Police, citing morale and operational tempo, and instead ordered an internal review that found no criminal wrongdoing, despite whistleblower and Afghan reports of extrajudicial killings during Afghanistan operations 2010–2013.
The Pentagon ordered several hundred active-duty military police from Fort Bragg to be on standby for a potential deployment to Minnesota if President Trump invokes the Insurrection Act amid protests sparked by the Jan. 7 killing of Renee Good, joining earlier orders for 1,500 infantry in Alaska and up to 200 Texas National Guard troops.
The Pentagon has issued a prepare-to-deploy order for a Fort Bragg–based Army military police brigade to ready for a possible deployment to Minneapolis, with a few hundred troops anticipated, supplementing last Friday’s orders for two battalions from the 11th Airborne Division. The move comes amid ongoing clashes involving immigration agents and protesters; if deployed inside the U.S., the personnel would generally be limited in civilian-law enforcement duties unless the Insurrection Act is invoked.
Norway is considering expanding its military police authority to the remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen due to regional security concerns, including increased military activity and geopolitical tensions in the Arctic region.
A military police officer in Brazil has been arrested after a video showed him throwing a civilian off a bridge in Sao Paulo, sparking public outrage and protests against police violence. The officer, Luan Felipe Alves, claimed he intended to immobilize the man, not throw him over the bridge. The man reportedly survived, and authorities are seeking him for questioning. The incident has intensified calls for accountability in the face of growing anger over police brutality in the region.
The Israeli Military Police are investigating a reservist from Herzliya who appeared in a widely shared video calling for mass insubordination among IDF reservists in Gaza. The video, which claimed that 100,000 reservists would refuse orders to leave Gaza, was also shared by Prime Minister Netanyahu's son, Yair Netanyahu.
An Israeli reserve soldier from the IDF's regional defense battalion shot and killed a 62-year-old Palestinian man near the Elazar Junction in the West Bank, despite the man posing no threat. The soldier, who is part of a battalion made up of settlers recruited to protect West Bank settlements, will be investigated by the Military Police.
Russian military police are now guarding the Southern Military District headquarters in Rostov after the Wagner paramilitary group left the city. The fighters dispersed after a truce ended their brief occupation of the city and its military installation. Some troops said they were heading to Belarus, others to the Russian-occupied Ukrainian regions of Luhansk and Donetsk, while others said they were regrouping at Molkino military base in Russia's Krasnodar region.
The Wagner Group is reportedly creating its own military police to enforce its rules and authority over rival Russian troops in occupied parts of Ukraine. The new force will be tasked with preventing theft, drunkenness, and other misconduct, as well as interrogating and catching saboteurs. Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin has also criticized the Russian Defense Ministry's claims of success in the conflict, calling them lies and warning of a betrayal of Russian interests.
Wagner Group, a Russian private military company, has posted online job advertisements seeking to recruit former law enforcement and special forces employees with experience in detentions for six-month contract work in occupied Ukraine. The company promises a generous monthly salary of 240,000 rubles ($2,900) as well as performance-based bonuses. The recruits will be tasked with capturing and interrogating members of Ukrainian sabotage units and ensuring there are no thieves, looters, beatings, or drunkenness.
Honduras will hand control of most of its penal system to the military police for a year, expand a state of exception, and give the armed forces a greater role in security efforts nationwide, following a deadly prison riot. The government will also turn islands into a penal colony for "highly dangerous" gang leaders. The riot, which claimed nearly 50 lives, was attributed to an organized attack by gang members conducted with guards' knowledge. The clash likely began in retaliation to recent government measures cracking down on corruption and gang control from within prison walls.