Utah's Sheriff Jim Winder unincorporated police departments within Salt Lake County and privatized them into one (corporate) police force.
Our current “elected” Sheriff of Salt Lake County, one Mr. Jim Winder, is of course a wealthy member of the local dairy tycoon family, aptly named Winder Farms. He recently won his reelection campaign in the 2010 elections due to the fact that the information I’m about to present to you is absent from the general consciousness and comprehension of the good people of the Salt Lake Valley.
The good Sheriff actually campaigned on and was voted into this honorable office toting the success of the newly formed Unified Police Department – the “unification” of the sheriff, municipal, and unincorporated police departments within Salt Lake County into one corporately structured private police force – an act of treason and an assault on everything remotely constitutional.
The people have no idea what this man has done…
As of January 1, 2010, the day that Salt Lake County became a police state, the Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Department was officially dissolved. In its place was created a brand new corporation, which is now described as “…responsible for all police operations”. This private company is called the “Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake”, or the “Unified Police Department” for short.
We interviewed the County Sheriff Jim Winder – “The Sheriff Who Sold His County” – on local AM radio (K-TALK – 630 AM) in Salt Lake County on June 6, 2011. This is extremely important, so please listen and read the following information.Remember, this is an elected public office-holder that is talking here. This guy is slippery, but even the best of predators can eventually be backed into a corner…“…We are moving towards a model that is much more efficient than a regular public entity.”To listen to the entire audio interview, click the link below-http://realitybloger.wordpress.com/tag/private-police-corporation/
http://www.federaljack.com/?p=22967
http://theintelhub.com/2011/05/26/the-sheriff-who-sold-his-county/
http://grendelreport.posterous.com/the-sheriff-who-sold-his-county
Cities merge police agencies in light of budget realities.
It was, Mayor JoAnn Seghini said, one of the ways Midvale — population 30,000 — asserted its civic identity from the looming shadow of Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County.
Tony Mason had been chief of the department for 4½ years, a run that abruptly ended last summer when Midvale was forced to make a heart-wrenching decision.
Faced with mounting costs and declining revenue, the city grudgingly approved the dissolution of its 102-year-old police force and fire department in favor of an unusual merger with four other local police agencies and the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Department.http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-02-06/police-merger-services/53228874/1